Marian Walentynowicz

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Marian Walentynowicz
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Walentynowicz sketching 'Lodzia', a militiawoman, 1947
Born
Marian Walentynowicz

(1896-01-20)20 January 1896
Died26 August 1967(1967-08-26) (aged 71)
Nationality Polish
Education Warsaw Polytechnic
Known for Architecture, graphic art, children's comic books, war correspondent
Notable work Koziołek Matołek

Marian Walentynowicz (born 20 January 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, died 26 August 1967 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish graphic artist, architect, teacher, writer and a precursor to the comic book in Poland.

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He is probably best known for his collaboration as illustrator with Kornel Makuszyński in their creation of Koziołek Matołek , a popular classic children's series about a billy goat.

Life

Walentynowicz studied Architecture at the Warsaw Polytechnic. During the 1930s he taught at the Women's Architectural Academy in Warsaw (Żeńska Szkoła Architektury im. S. Noakowskiego). From the 1920s onwards he worked as an illustrator for various Warsaw publications. During the Second World War, he was the war correspondent attached to General Stanisław Maczek's First Panzer division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West. While with the Polish Forces, Walentynowicz stayed in London prior to the Normandy landings. The army had a quandary what to do with a Lieutenant who was a qualified architect, with insufficient knowledge of war craft. 'Make me a general', he suggested laconically and promptly was turned into a journalist. [1] His war memoirs were published as Wojna bez patosu, War without pathos in 1969.

Graphic legacy

1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) Standard, designed by Walentynowicz Sztandar 1 SBS.jpg
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) Standard, designed by Walentynowicz

He designed the emblem of the Independent Polish Parachute Brigade as well as the awards for the Brigade's heroes. He was a prolific book illustrator. Among his jacket designs was the wartime edition of Józef Kisielewski's Ziemia gromadzi prochy, The Earth Gathers Dust. His children's book illustrations include:

With Kornel Makuszyński:

With other authors:

Some of the stories have been turned into well loved TV and feature film animations. [2]

Literary output

Aside from his collaborations with other authors, Marian Walentynowicz also published his own work:

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Grave of Marian Walentynowicz at Powązkowski Cemetery Warsaw

See also

Bibliography

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Koziolek Matolek

With Kornel Makuszyński:

References

  1. Śledziński, Kacper. (2011) Czarna Kawaleria. Bojowy szlak pancernych Maczka. Warsaw: Otwarte. ISBN   978-83-240-1797-3
  2. Zipes, Jack, Greenhill, Pauline and Magnus-Johnston, Kendra. (2015). Fairy Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-62820-9.