Jerzy Zaruba was a Polish graphic artist, stage scenographer and caricaturist; author of satirical drawings, political crèche

Nativity scene

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s and illustrations for books and magazines. Pupil of Stanisław Lentz.

Zaruba was member of the group Formiści, co-founder of the Circle of Graphic Artists in Advertising (Koło Artystów Grafików Reklamowych), active member of the Polish Arts Club (Polski Klub Artystyczny), art director of Cyrulik Warszawski. Awarded the Golden Pin with Laurel (Złota Szpilka z Wawrzynem), prize of weekly magazine Szpilka for achievements in the field of humour and satire, for the year 1966. Also awarded the Knight's and Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta

Polonia Restituta

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As a medium innovator, Zaremba's image composition was influenced by cubism

Cubism

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. He was an author of satirical drawings and caricatures of artists and politicians published in satirical press, including Marchołt, Sowizdrzal, Cyrulik Warszawski, Wiadomości Literackie, Szpilki. He also contributed to magazines Stańczyk, Szarża, Wróble na Dachu, Szczutek.

Biography

Jerzy Zaruba was born on July 17, 1891 in Radom

Radom

Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

, Poland. He graduated Warsaw School of Art (Szkoła Sztuk Pięknych) and Académie des Beaux-Arts

Académie des beaux-arts

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 in Paris

Paris

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. As a caricaturist, he made his own debut in 1920 in Marchołt.

He died on January 21, 1971 in Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Poland.