Rafał Olbiński, (born February 21, 1943 in Kielce) - Polish painter, graphic artist and poster creator, and one of the representatives of the Polish poster school.
His works are exhibited in numerous galleries and museums (the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art in Toyama, the Carnegie Foundation in New York and the Poster Museum in Wilanów), as well as collected by private collectors around the world. Rafał Olbiński started cooperation with such magazines as "The New York Times", "Newsweek", "Bloomberg Businessweek" and "Der Spiegel". In Poland he dealt with, among others, designing album covers, e.g. for Krzysztof Klenzon's Say Dude, Where Have You Been (Pronit SX 1614) and Breakout Żagiel Ziemi (Pronit SX 1821). From 1997 to 2003, he regularly created covers for the Polish monthly psychological magazine "Charaktery" and was a co-creator of the magazine's graphic image.
His work has been widely awarded at many international competitions. In 1995, he received the first prize in the "New York City Capital of the World" competition - for a poster promoting New York as the capital of the world. In 1994 he was awarded the so-called International Oscar for the most unforgettable poster in the world in the "Prix Savignac" competition in Paris, and in 1976 first prize in the competition of the Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. By the mid-1990s, he had accumulated approximately 100 awards. (Wikipedia)
Inkography, „Don Giovani" Rafał Olbiński, 32 x 32 cm, modern art
