Title: Drive Carefully! Author: Gerard Labus It...
Title: Drive Carefully!
Author: Gerard Labus
Item description:
Call number: Poster signed in the lower right corner: LABUSDate of creation: ca. 1976Printing technique: gouache on cardboardExact dimensions and approximate format: 99x70 cm (B1)Catalog number: pla00899 Motif: car/muzzle Keywords: automotive/safe drivingKeywords: socialposter (design)
Notes: Poster from the artist’s family collection. On the reverse side, a sticker from the 6th International Poster Biennial in Warsaw [1976]
About the artist: Gerard Labus (June 24, 1934, Katowice – July 1, 1988, Gliwice) was a commercial artist (publishing and advertising graphics), poster artist, and educator. He studied from 1954 to 1960 at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Kraków, Katowice Branch (later the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Katowice), graduating in 1960 from the studios of Associate Professor Bogusław Górecki and Professor Aleksander Rak. From 1965 until his death, he was a lecturer at his alma mater in Katowice, becoming an associate professor in 1975. From 1968, he headed the Packaging Studio; in 1970, he established a new program in Graphic Design for Environmental Design. He designed 140 book covers and 160 book illustrations and worked in the field of visual communication. He received numerous awards in the field of poster design. He created numerous posters for events, advertising, music, museums, social and political campaigns, tourism, exhibitions, and theater; he did not design movie posters. He participated in numerous editions of the International Poster Biennial (MBP) in Warsaw (70, 72, 74, 76) and the Polish Poster Biennial (BPP) in Katowice (65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77); see *Mistrzowie 2012*, p. 158, *ŚSP*, p. 92, and other sources.
Bibliography: *Mistrzowie 2012* does not list this poster
Additional information:
Condition:
The item is in good condition, with very slight damage to the edges of the margins and perforations in the upper corners used for hanging the piece
Title: Drive Carefully!
Author: Gerard Labus
Item description:
Call number: Poster signed in the lower right corner: LABUSDate of creation: ca. 1976Printing technique: gouache on cardboardExact dimensions and approximate format: 99x70 cm (B1)Catalog number: pla00899 Motif: car/muzzle Keywords: automotive/safe drivingKeywords: socialposter (design)
Notes: Poster from the artist’s family collection. On the reverse side, a sticker from the 6th International Poster Biennial in Warsaw [1976]
About the artist: Gerard Labus (June 24, 1934, Katowice – July 1, 1988, Gliwice) was a commercial artist (publishing and advertising graphics), poster artist, and educator. He studied from 1954 to 1960 at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Kraków, Katowice Branch (later the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Katowice), graduating in 1960 from the studios of Associate Professor Bogusław Górecki and Professor Aleksander Rak. From 1965 until his death, he was a lecturer at his alma mater in Katowice, becoming an associate professor in 1975. From 1968, he headed the Packaging Studio; in 1970, he established a new program in Graphic Design for Environmental Design. He designed 140 book covers and 160 book illustrations and worked in the field of visual communication. He received numerous awards in the field of poster design. He created numerous posters for events, advertising, music, museums, social and political campaigns, tourism, exhibitions, and theater; he did not design movie posters. He participated in numerous editions of the International Poster Biennial (MBP) in Warsaw (70, 72, 74, 76) and the Polish Poster Biennial (BPP) in Katowice (65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77); see *Mistrzowie 2012*, p. 158, *ŚSP*, p. 92, and other sources.
Bibliography: *Mistrzowie 2012* does not list this poster
Additional information:
Condition:
The item is in good condition, with very slight damage to the edges of the margins and perforations in the upper corners used for hanging the piece
