Bogusław Lustyk Explained

Boguslaw Lustyk (born 1940 in Warsaw, Poland) is a poster artist of the Polish School of Posters.

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.^[1]

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); Gdańsk, Poland (1992); Atlanta, United States (1996), Washington DC, USA (1989, 1996)

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%2C%20Boguslaw

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist to donate works to Saratoga . Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) . 25 September 2003 . 4 February 2011.