Andre de Krayewski

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Andre de Krayewski (Polish: Andrzej Krajewski) (b. June 20, 1933) is an artist painter and Polish expatriate currently residing in the Ivy Hill section of Newark, NJ. With a career that spans for nearly half a century, he continues to masterfully create paintings in his art-deco signature style and just recently in pop art style. Andre de Krayewski is best known in his former country, for his famous Polish movie posters. He started his movie poster career in 1965. He has designed, sometimes up to a dozen, movie posters every year up until 1980. In 2005, deKrayewski made a comeback into the Polish poster scene with the Polish theater poster for "Valentine's Day".

In America, he was the official artist for the 1997 Panasonic Jazz Festival and painted the New York Film Academy painting which can be seen on countless Academy posters (and in ads in publications) around the nation.

He has won many awards, and his work is cherished and sought for by many art collectors worldwide.

His art can be viewed at his Online Gallery.

He married actress Jadwiga Tyszka in 1985, and the two emigrated to America.