Information on the object:
Roman Cieślewicz (1930-1996), born in Lvov, graphic artist, representative of the Polish poster school. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Art director of the monthly magazine "Ty i Ja" (1959-1962), art director of the weekly "Elle", collaborator with "Vogue" magazine. Moved abroad in 1963, lived in West Germany, Italy and France.

Realised works:

2022 (stage I)
The first stage of the National Museum in Poznań project, carried out over a three-year period, involved the conservation and preservation of Roman Cieślewicz's legacy located in France.

The material scope of the project included the completion of queries, the examination of the collected material and the creation of a virtual archive (online catalogue) to disseminate knowledge about the artist. The archive, as a result, is presented in the form of a detailed catalogue of all of Roman Cieślewicz's works, which were dispersed in many collections, not only in Poland but also abroad. Many of the works (mainly original photomontages, prints, designs) were in private collections mainly abroad. The collection of this extensive material in the form of an online catalogue raisonné will enable further scholarly researchers to get to know many works by one of Poland's most important graphic artists, which have not yet been known in the country. The project is a continuation of the 2014 task 'Documenting the archive of Roman Cieślewicz (1930 - 1996) - an outstanding Polish graphic artist'. As part of this stage, queries were carried out in Polish and foreign museums, a study visit to France (Paris, IMEC Archives) was carried out and the found materials and research papers were analysed.

2023 (stage II)
In 2023, research work continued and an online catalogue was prepared.

Continuation of work in 2024

Funding: Programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage 'Protection of Cultural Heritage Abroad'.

More about the project: edition 2022 , edition 2023

• Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, realizacja w latach 2022 i 2023.