Bogusław Lustyk

Boguslaw Lustyk (born 1940 in Warsaw, Poland)^[1] is a poster artist of the Polish School of Posters.^[2][3]

He graduated summa cum laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1965. Lustyk has worked as a painter, poster designer and graphic artist since 1965. His style is poetic and creative, lighthearted and amusing, usually employing muted tones. He specializes in equine posters.^[4]

Major awards

• 1968 - 2nd Prize - Polish Olympic (Mexico City, Mexico) Poster Competition, Poland
• 1973 – Special Prize at the Polish Poster Biennial Exhibition
• 1998 – Official Kentucky Derby Artist of the Year, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Major one-man exhibitions include:

• 1974 – House of Arts, Warsaw, Poland
• 1977 – Poster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• 1989 – Deutschland Halle, Berlin, Germany
• 1990 – Museum of Hunting and Riding, Warsaw, Poland
• 1991 – Gallery Limea, Malmö, Sweden
• 1993 – Art-Studio Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• 1994 – International Museum of the Horse, Louisville, Kentucky
• 2001 – National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, New York
• 2001 – Saratoga International Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York

Other exhibitions:

• Hanover, Germany (1976); Katowice, Poland (1980); Stockholm, Sweden (1989); Filderstadt, Germany (1989); Paris, France (1990); Gdansk, Poland (1992); Atlanta, United States (1996), Washington DC, USA (1989, 1996)

References

1. Bulletin du Musée national de Varsovie, Volume 40, Issues 2-4, Musée, 1999, p. 213
2. Znad Wilii, Volume 4, Issues 1-26, Res Publica, 2004, p. 51
3. Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii: K-O, Oficyna Wydawnicza Kucharski, 2005, p. 191, ISBN 978-83-89376-13-8
4. "Artist to donate works to Saratoga". Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY). 25 September 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links

• Boguslaw Lustyk's Web site http://www.polishartworld.com/artist_gallery.php?lang=en&spId=22
• Boguslaw Lustyk's Posters https://web.archive.org/web/20111004222922/http://www.contemporaryposters.com/category.php?artist=Lustyk,%20Boguslaw