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Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009), born in Bratkówka, studied painting at the academies in Kraków and Warsaw, graduating in 1955. A painter, draughtsman, poster artist and stage designer, he became an important figure in the Polish school of posters. His designs for theatre and cinema developed a personal language rather than simply illustrating the productions they advertised.
His imagery brings sensual anatomies, skulls, birds and metamorphoses into compositions informed by the Baroque. Precise drawing, calligraphic inscriptions and chiaroscuro support reflections on desire and mortality. From 1980 his Theatre of Drawing transformed the making of large works into a public event, involving models and exchanges with spectators. This practice extended his graphic work into a collective experience while retaining the command of line that characterises his posters.
This profile brings together identity references for Францишек Старовейский and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Germann · Schuler
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Mixed media on paper
Studie mit Pinsel und Farbe neu entworfen
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-09-20
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
Landschaft
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-09-20
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
Transformierte Berührung
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Kohle und Kreide auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Mixed media on paper
Hypnose
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Kohle und Kreide auf grün-grauem Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Mixed media on paper
Menschliche Figuren
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Gouache
Ohne Titel
gouache
Catalogue period : 2019-03-22
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
Ohne Titel
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-03-22
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
Ohne Titel
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-03-22
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Pencil and watercolour on paper
Ohne Titel
Bleistift und Aquarell auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-03-22
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 700–1000
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Mixed media on paper
Ohne Titel, um 1970
Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Aquarell, Kohlestift und Bleistift auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pencil drawing
Po Krakowie, 1981
Bleistift-Zeichnung.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Bleistift und Aquarell auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media on paper
Ohne Titel, 1974
Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pencil on paper
Nach Krakau
Bleistift auf Papier
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2019-06-28
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 900–1200
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