Jan Lenica
- Introduction
- Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland - 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist. A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the early animation films of Walerian Borowczyk. From 1963 - 1986 he lived and worked in France, while from 1987 he lived and worked in Berlin. He was a professor of graphic, poster, animated cartoon for many years at German high schools and the first professor of the animation class at the University of Kassel, Germany, in 1979. He used cut-out stop motion animation in his numerous films, which included two features: Adam 2 (1968) and Ubu et la grande gidouille (1976, but released in France only in 1979).
- Wikidata
- Q664300
- Nationalities
- Polish, Central European, Eastern European
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Designer
- Name
- Jan Lenica
- Ulan
- 500024406
Exhibitions
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
Sep 5, 2015–Jan 3, 2016
MoMA
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
Nov 15, 2014–Jan 18, 2016
MoMA
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Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets
Aug 12, 2012–Jan 7, 2013
MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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Polish Posters 1945–89
May 6–Nov 30, 2009
MoMA
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Jan Lenica has
11 exhibitionsonline.
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Jan Lenica Dzieci Hiroszimy (Children of Hiroshima) (Poster for the 1952 Japanese film Children of Hiroshima, directed by Kaneto Szindo) 1955
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Jan Lenica Młodość Maksyma (The Youth of Maxim) 1956
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Jan Lenica Kanal 1957
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Jan Lenica Niebieski ptak (The Blue Bird) (Poster for the 1955 film Il Bidone [The Swindle] directed by Federico Fellini) 1957
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Jan Lenica Cena Strachu 1958
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Jan Lenica Wizyta Starszej Pani (The Visit) (Poster for play by the Swiss dramatist, Friedrich Dürrenmatt) 1958
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Jan Lenica Czerwone I Czarne 1958
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Jan Lenica Wozzeck (Poster for Warsaw production of the 1914-22 opera by Alban Berg) 1964
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Jan Lenica Polnische Filmtage (Polish Film Season) 1964
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Jan Lenica Repulsion (Poster for British thriller directed by Roman Polanski, starring Catherine Deneuve) 1965
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Jan Lenica Cul-de-sac (Poster for British comedy thriller directed by Roman Polanski) 1966
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Jan Lenica Der Schatten (Shadows) (Poster for German distribution of the Polish film Cień directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and first released in 1956) 1966
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Jan Lenica Der Soldat (The Soldier) (Poster for German distribution of the French film Le Petit Soldat directed by Jean-Luc Godard and first released in 1963) 1966
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Jan Lenica Jan Lenica (Poster for exhibition of the artist’s work) 1966
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Jan Lenica Teatr Wielki, Otello, Verdi 1968
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Jan Lenica Adam 2 (Poster for a film) 1968
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Jan Lenica Polske Surrealister (Polish Surrealists) (Poster for a Berlin exhibition of Polish Surrealist art) 1970
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