Zbigniew Kaja (1924-1983)
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland, in 1951. The painter, a graphic designer, a stage designer, and a costume designer. The creator of over 300 posters, was one of the creators of the "Polish school of poster-making". Prints, posters, commercial art, stage designer, book illustrations, display design. Individual shows : Poznan 1951, 53, 56, 58, 59, 64, 76, 78, 81; and after death 1985 ; Prague - 1957; Dessau - 1958; Kalisz - 1964, 1975; Rzeszow - 1965;Leipzig - 1961; Sydney - 1970; Dessau -1959; Warszawa-1965 ; and many others. Participated in many exhibitions abroad, both group and individual : Germany , Korea , Australia , China , USSR, France , Hungary, Norway and others. City of Poznan Award for engravings and Third prize at National Exhibition of Illustration, Posters and Small Forms, 1955; Commendations at Poster Exhibition and at the Prints and Drawings Exhibition of the cycle "Polish Arts on the 15th Anniversary of the Polish People's Republic", 1961, "Warsaw Poster of the Year" award", 1962 ; many prizes and diplomas at prints and poster competition Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for services to art.
