Wiesław Majchrzak (1929 Łódź - 2011 Warsaw), "The Witch of the Bełdan River," illustration

State of preservation
unframed

Literature
published by Nasza Księgarnia, 1968

Biography
In 1948 he graduated from the State High School of Art, then located at 8 Myśliwiecka Street in Warsaw. In 1955, he graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He received a diploma with honors in the studio of Prof. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz. He was one of the leading representatives of the Polish school of illustration. In the 1960s and 1970s, together with his wife Bożena Truchanowska, they were an artistic duo, from whose workshop came down many works awarded in Poland and abroad. Also awarded individually in many competitions. Author of graphic design for books, creator of a series of postcards, illustrator of children's magazines ("Świerszczyk", "Miś"). In 1982, the book Waltz of Panny Ludwika by H. Januszewska was included in the Honor List of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) in the category of illustrator.