Tadeusz Trepkowski (1914 -1954)

Educated at Printing Industry School and City College of Decorative Arts and Painting in Warsaw. Works in commercial art, poster, display design.

1914 - 1954 (Warsaw). Studied at the Graphics Industry School and at the Municipal School of Decorative Art & Painting in Warsaw. Poster designer since 1931. Member of KAW 1936-39. Exhibitions : Canada - 1960, Italy - 1964, Denmark, Sweden - 1965. Awards : 2nd prize for "PKO" poster - 1933, 1st prize for poster for Tychy Brewery - 1935, Grand Prix for "BBP" poster @ International Art and Technology Expo in Paris - 1937. After 1945 concentrated on poster design. UN poster award - 1948, 1st prize @ I OWP in Warsaw - 1953. Posthumously awarded 2nd prize for the "Nie" poster @ Vienna Congress for Peace - 1962.

In 1955 , the Trepkowski Award has been established to honor the best young commercial graphic designer of the year.