Marek Laczynski (1925 – 23 November 2021) was a printmaker, illustrator and teacher, born in Warsaw Poland. Laczynski was a member of the Polish Home Army in 1941 and was involved in the Warsaw uprising. From 1949 to 1952 he studied book illustration at the Borough Polytechnic and then lithography at the Central School of Art and Design from 1962 to 1964. He was a founding member of the Printmakers Council in 1965. He taught printmaking at Exeter College of Art and Design from 1964 until 1985, when he moved to Austria.

His work is held in the V&A, the University of Exeter and London University.

Marek Laczynski

Bibliography

The Wizard and His Pupil - a Polish Fairy Tale 1972 Bartholomew Press, Exeter

Faces of Fear 1973 Exeter College of Art and Design

References

1925 births

2021 deaths

Warsaw Uprising insurgents

Home Army members

Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design

Polish illustrators

Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom

Artists from Exeter

Marek Laczynski