Roman Cieślewicz

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Roman Cieślewicz, 1962

Roman Cieślewicz (born January 13, 1930 in Lwów , Poland , † January 21, 1996 in Paris ) was a Polish-French graphic artist and illustrator , poster artist and photographer .

Roman Cieślewicz studied art at the Cracow School of Art and graduated in 1955. In 1963 he moved to France , settled in Paris and in 1971 became a French citizen.

He worked for many years as an illustrator or art director , for example for Elle (1965–1969) and the advertising agency MAFIA (1969–1972). He designed magazines for Opus International (1967–1969), Kitsch (1970–71) and Cnac-archives (1971–74). Since 1963 he has worked for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs , Hachette , the Center Georges Pompidou , the Festival d'Automne, Ketschum, the Galeries Lafayette and the Musée Picasso, among others .

Cieślewicz took part in numerous international exhibitions. In 1964 he was invited to take part in documenta III in Kassel .

Since 1975 he has been a teacher at the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris. He was a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale AGI.

He was the husband of Alina Szapocznikow .

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