18/XX Rocznica Odparcia Najazdu Rosji Sowieckiej
Artist
Tadeusz Gronowski
1894 - 1990
Printer
Graf. E. i Dr. K. Kozianskich, Warszawa
Poland
Date1930
Dimensions38 3/4 x 27 in. (98.4 x 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.256
DescriptionThis ambitious poster celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Polish victory over the Soviet invaders in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921. It shows the silhouetted figures of the Polish heroes of various historic fights against Soviet Russia, with the city of Warsaw in the background. At the center is Józef Piłsudski, the first chief of state of the newly independent Poland established after World War I and a hero of the Polish-Soviet War; behind him is Prince Józef Poniatowski, who played a key role in Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812; and Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish army officer and statesman who fought with the colonists in the American Revolution and was later involved in an uprising in Poland against the Russian occupiers. Here, image and text are harmoniously integrated in a composition that reflects the art deco influences on the major Polish graphic designer Tadeusz Gronowski. He studied and worked in both his native country and in Paris, producing magazine and book illustrations, postage stamps, and a wide range of commercial and political posters. On View
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