Rosław Szaybo (13 August 1933,

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– 21 May 2019,

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) was a Polish painter, photographer and cover designer. He graduated in 1961 from the

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, and was mentored by

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and Henryk Tomaszewski. In 1966 he moved to

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where he worked as an independent designer. Between 1968 and 1972 worked as an art director for the advertising company

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. Between 1972 and 1988 he was signed as the chief artistic director at

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, where he designed over 2000 album covers, mostly for classical music, but also for artists like Elton John, Roy Orbison,

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, Janis Joplin,

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, Judas Priest and John Williams. During his work in the UK, he also designed posters for English theatres. Upon his return to Poland in 1993 he started a photography workshop at the

, and also became artistic director at the

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publishing house. Amongst Szaybo's most recognisable works are the covers for English heavy metal band Judas Priest's albums '' Stained Class'', ''

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'', and '' British Steel'', as well as the band's logo. Szaybo also designed the cover for Polish jazz pianist

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's album '' Astigmatic''.

Honourus

* Gold

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(2018) * Silver

(2013)

References

External links

Rosław Szaybo Posters at Polish poster gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szaybo, Roslaw 1933 births 2019 deaths Artists from Poznań People from Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century male artists Polish photographers Polish poster artists Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Polish male painters