Hubert Hilscher

Hubert Hilscher (25 October 1924 – 19 September 1999) was a Polish graphic artist.

Biography

Hubert Hilscher was born in a German family in Poland. In 1944 when he was 20 years old, he fought in the Warsaw Uprising as a soldier of the Home Army, under the pseudonym ‘Zaremba’.

In 1949, his interest in printmaking led him to attend the State Academic School of Plastic Arts, where he studied under the tutelage of . The school merged with the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1950. He graduated in 1955.

After graduating, Hilscher worked at WAG, a publishing house that provided patronage for poster designers. He served as its art director between 1961 and 1970.

Hubert Hilscher died in 1999 at the age of 75. He is buried in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Major awards

1967 – Silver Medal at the International Tourist Poster Exhibition, Milan (Italy) 1973 – Prize of the Year in the Best Warsaw Poster competition, Warsaw (Poland) 1981 – Second prize at the 4th Poster Biennial, Lahti (Finland)

Gallery