Dimensions: 29 x 43 cm (inside the mat)
signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: 'TADEUSZ BARANOWSKI | DATE OF CREATION | 1981/84 | TWO ORIGINAL PLATES | COLOR'
signed and labeled on the mat: 'TWO ORIGINAL PANELS (COLOR) "A JOURNEY ON THE DIPLODOCUS" WATERCOLOR + FOIL | THE PLATES ARE SIGNED ON THE BACK | TADEUSZ BARANOWSKI'
signed and labeled on the back of the frame: 'T.BARANOWSKI | DIPLODOK'
printing notes on the reverse side
Bibliography
1st ed., Młodzieżowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1986
2nd ed. Youth Publishing Agency, 1988
3rd ed., Manzoku, 2005 (expanded edition)
4th ed., Ongrys, 2015 (expanded edition)
5th ed. Ongrys, 2015 (expanded edition)
6th ed., Ongrys, 2017 (expanded edition)
7th ed., Ongrys, 2019 (expanded edition)
7th ed., Ongrys, 2021 (expanded edition)
9th ed., Ongrys, 2023 (expanded edition, large-print edition)
10th ed., Ongrys, 2024 (expanded edition, large print)
Biography
Painter, illustrator, designer, and comic book artist. From 1962 to 1969, he studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, attending the studio of Prof. Artur Nacht-Samborski, and later in the studio of Prof. Aleksander Kobzdej—he graduated with honors. From the early 1970s, he collaborated as an illustrator with the magazine *Przyjaciółka*, and from 1974 he was also associated with *Świat Młodych*, where he designed a new layout and where his first comic strip was published. From that time on, numerous comics by the artist were published in newspapers, and beginning in 1980, they were released in collections by the Youth Publishing Agency. Baranowski created a group of well-known characters such as Orient Men, Bąbelek and Kudłaczek, Professor Nerwosolek, Entomologia Motylkowska, Praktyczny Pan, Szlurp, and Burp, who reappeared over the years in comic book series such as *Where Does Soda Water Come From?* (1976), *Przepraszamy, remanent* (1976), *Orient Men* (1978), and *Antresolka Profesorka Nerwosolka* (1980, 1981, 1983). A series of animated films was also created based on the characters of Professor Nerwosolek and the Diplodocus. In 1984, at the invitation of Grzegorz Rosiński, he temporarily moved to Belgium, where he collaborated on the creation of panels for the *Thorgal* series with the publishing house Les Éditions du Lombard and *Tintin* magazine, as well as creating comics based on scripts by Jean Dufaux and illustrations for a poetry collection by Jacques Brel. Over the years, Baranowski worked as an illustrator for numerous magazines—including *Razem*, *Ja*, *Ty*, *My*, *Juppi*, and *Juppik*—and in 2005 he announced his “retirement from comics” by publishing a farewell album titled *Tffffuj!* What a Lousy Comic! The author was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit (1976), the Silver Medal “For Merit to Culture—Gloria Artis” (2007), the Special Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2009), and the “Golden Cup”—the Janusz Christa Award (2024).
