Zdzisław Witwicki

Zdzisław Witwicki was born in 1921 and was one of the creators of the world-famous "Polish School of Illustration", winner of many awards and distinctions, including the Prime Minister's Award for works for children and youth, distinctions at the "International Exhibition of the Most Beautiful Books in the World" in Frankfurt am Main, distinctions at the IBA International Exhibition of Editorial Art in Leipzig, the Medal of the Polish Section of IBBY for lifetime achievement, the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis, ZAiKS Awards for works for children, for lifetime achievement and many others.

Author of illustrations for over 70 books for children, including such well-known and popular ones as "O Wróbelku Elemelku" by Hanna Łochocka, "From the Adventures of the Dwarf Hałabała" by Lucyna Krzemieniecka and "Apolejka and Her Donkey" by Maria Krüger. Many of them were published in foreign languages.

He also made several hundred illustrations and covers for magazines for children and teenagers, such as Miś, Świerszczyk, Płomyczek and Pomyk. He also created illustrations to the works of classics: Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki and Bolesław Leśmian.

He presented his works at over 250 individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. For many years he was an artistic and graphic editor at the "Nasza Księgarnia" Publishing Institute.

Zdzisław Witwicki is the patron of Kindergarten No. 31 in Warsaw, where his works are exhibited.

He died in Warsaw in 2019.