Eryk Lipiński


Eryk Lipiński was a Polish artist. Satirist, caricaturist, essayist, he has designed posters, written plays and sketches for cabarets, as well as written books on related subjects.

Biography

Eryk Lipiński studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1933 to 1939. His debut as a caricaturist was made few years earlier, in 1928, in magazine Pobudka. In 1935 he cofounded with a satirical newspaper '; he was its chief editor for several years. During World War II he was one of the artists working with the Polish resistance, involved in production of false documents. He was arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in the infamous Pawiak prison, in Mokotów prison and in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
After the war he joined the Polish United Workers' Party. He contributed to many newspapers and magazines, such as Przekrój, ', Trybuna Ludu, Panorama, ' and '. In 1966 he organized the First . In 1978 he founded the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw and was its first director. In 1980 he formed the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Monuments in Poland. Active in preserving Polish Jewish culture; in 1987 he founded the Association of Polish Cartoonists.
One of the Polish Righteous Among the Nations.

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