LC control no. | n 85160668 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Sawka, Jan, 1946-2012 |
Associated country | Poland United States |
Birth date | 1946 |
Death date | 2012 |
Place of birth | Zabrze (Poland) |
Place of death | Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) |
Field of activity | Postcards in art--Exhibitions |
Profession or occupation | Artists Painters Graphic artists |
Found in | His A book of fiction, 1983, i.e. 1985: leaf 1, etc. (signed in pencil: Jan Sawka) LC data base, 12-4-85 (hdg.: Jan Sawka) Graphis, Jan./Feb. 1985: p. 68 (Jan Sawka; b. 1946; after leaving his native Poland in 1976, he devoted himself to painting; formerly noted as poster artist and satirical illustrator) New York times WWW site, Aug. 28, 2012 (in obituary published Aug. 27: Jan Sawka; b. Jan Andrzej Sawka, Dec. 10, 1946, Zabrze, Poland; exiled in 1976; came to New York in 1977; d. Aug. 9, High Falls, N.Y., aged 65; Polish artist whose body of work included paintings, sculptures, architectural installations, light shows, and a movable 10-story stage set for the Grateful Dead's 25th-anniversary concert tour) Jan Sawka, 2020, ©2020: cover (Jan Sawka) page 5 (Jan Sawka was a contemporary artist, painter, printmaker, graphic artist, set designer and architect, b. in Zabrze, Poland, lived and worked in the Hudson Valley from 1985 until his death in 2012) |
Not found in | WW in Amer. art, 16th ed. |