Janusz Grabiański

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Janusz Grabiański (born July 27, 1929 in Szamotuły , Poland , † October 20, 1976 in Warsaw ) was a Polish illustrator and graphic artist who was best known for his contributions to children's books .

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The lion head

Janusz Grabiański created artistic works such as drawings and colored, mostly full-page watercolor paintings. From 1958 until his death he illustrated for the Austrian publishing house Ueberreuter , and in the 1970s he designed advertising posters for the Polish airline LOT . The "lion's head", the well-known Kastner & Öhler logo (from 1973 to 1991) also goes back to his collaboration ( Grabianski and Jablonski ).

His illustrations of works by German and international authors such as Josef Guggenmos , Käthe Recheis , Bruno Horst Bull , Charles Perrault , Hans Christian Andersen , Mark Twain and Enid Blyton as well as illustrations of fairy tales by Wilhelm Hauff and the Brothers Grimm and the stories from 1001 are internationally known Night. Figures such as dogs, cats and birds have always been the focus of his work.

Grabiański is particularly well known in Germany among educational representatives of children's and youth literature (kindergartens, elementary schools, etc.). He has received several Polish and international awards for his artistic work.

Illustrations

  • Janusz Grabianski: Happy singing, happy sounding . Uebereuther, Vienna, Heidelberg 1960.
  • Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1962.
  • Josef Guggenmos: Birds . Ueberreuter, Vienna, Heidelberg 1968.
  • Bruno Horst Bull: Horses . Pawlak, Herrsch 1990, ISBN 3-88199-702-4 .
  • My big book of fairy tales . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8000-2392-X .
  • Eva Leitgeb (Ed.): The book of the Easter bunny . Uebereuter, Vienna 1967. ISBN 9783800010387
  • Retold by Gwen Marsh, from the English by Ingrid Weixelbaumer: Androclus and the Lion . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1970.
  • Howard Pyle: The Adventures of Robin Hood . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1974. ISBN 978-3800020072
  • Cecylia Lewandowska: Shuttlecocks . Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie, Warszawa 1971
  • Margaret Green: The Big book of wild animals ( The Big Book of wild animals ) 1964
  • Charles Perrault: fairy tales . German Book Association, Stuttgart Hamburg 1960

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ueberreuter-Verlag, section Janusz Grabiański ( Memento from May 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 7, 2012
  2. ↑ Posters for LOT  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Examples Nos. 10, 11 and the like. 12, accessed June 7, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.e-levo.at  
  3. ↑ designbox ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 7, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / app.wirtschaft.steiermark.at
personal data
SURNAME Grabiański, Janusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish illustrator and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Szamotuły
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 1976
Place of death Warsaw