Rafa Olbiski A Polish graphic artist stage designer

Rafał Olbiński A Polish graphic artist, stage designer & surrealist painter. His posters are an excellent synthesis of surrealistic mood and on the other side symbolism, characteristic of the Polish school of poster design.

Rafał Olbiński , (b. 1945 in Kielce , Poland). He graduated from Architectural Department of Warsaw Polytechnic School. In 1981 he emigrated to the US, where he soon established himself as a prominent painter, illustrator and designer. Since 1985 he's been a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Madama Butterfly

Gloriana

Magic Flute

Olbinski's illustrations regularly appear in major publications such as Newsweek, Time, Business Week, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Omni, The New York Times, New Yorker and Der Spiegel. The list of his corporate accounts includes among others: US Trust, 31 Corporation (England), Smith-Kline Beecham International, American Airlines, The New York City Opera and the Cincinnati Opera.

Rigoletto

La Dolce Vita

Merry Widow

La Bohe’me

La Boh’eme

Manon Lescaut

Der Rosenkavalier

Press Recognition – Olbinski works have been featured in international magazines including: Print (New York), Novum (Munich), Graphis (Zurich), Communication World (San Francisco), Idea (Tokyo), Art Magazine in America (New York), Communication Art (Palo Alto), How (Cincinnati), The World & I (Washington, D. C. ), High Quality (Munich) and Univers des Arts (Paris).