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Sawka, Jan, 1946-2012

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Personal name headingSawka, Jan, 1946-2012
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Associated countryPoland United States
Birth date1946
Death date2012
Place of birthZabrze (Poland)
Place of deathHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Field of activityPostcards in art--Exhibitions
Profession or occupationArtists Painters Graphic artists
Found inHis 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 inWW in Amer. art, 16th ed.