Jerzy Flisak, master of the "ugly"

Jerzy Flisak was a drawer, poster, graphic and set designer. Graduated from Jose Marti High School in Warsaw, he studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Just compare Flisak's poster above with the original Warner Brothers movie poster (1971).

Flisak's illustrations are painted sort of naïvely, with thick brushstrokes. This way of painting is the source of their great power and surprising diversity. 

Flisak used colours with great lightness. He also applied creative typography 

He made his debut in 1950, still as a student, in the competition organized by the weekly magazine Szpilki, where he became graphic editor later.

Furthermore, his illustrations were published in Świerszczyk, Płomyczek, Polityka, weekly magazine Świat, Przeglądz Kulturalny.

Flisak' is the master of a style often described as neglectful.

1- deliberately ugly,
2- non-aesthetic,
3- painted with fat paintbrushes, done almost casually.
4- be "clumsy," 

5- HUMOR works!