This beautiful 1961 Polish poster is a very rare design by Roman Cieslewicz - who was a very significant contributor to the Polish School of Posters - for Polish film Nafta (The Oil). He often combined reproduced images from film with painterly techniques. Nafta is a perfect example of how he combined minimalist photo collage with hand-painted typography.

Polish A1 size: 59 x 83 cm

About Roman Cieslewicz

Roman Cieslewicz (1930-1996) studied at Kracow Academy of Fine Arts. He was an incredible artist who moved to France in 1962 and worked as art director of "Vogue", "Elle" and "Mafia" advertising agency amongst other things. He has won numerous international awards including: Grand Prix at International Exhibition of Film Posters in Karlove Vary, Czech Republic; Gold Medal at 1st Biennial of Industrial Forms in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (1964); Gold Medal at 4th International Biennial of Posters in Warsaw (1972); Grand Prix for posters in Paris (1979); Bronze Medal at International Biennial of Posters (1984); Grand Prix of "Art Graphique" (1990); Excellence Prize at Biennial of Graphic in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1991); President Price at Biennial of Applied Graphic in Brno, Slovakia (1992).

This is a wonderful article which was written about his 2010 show at the RCA in London if you’d like to read more about him.