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Fate of iconic paintings from legendary 1950s café unknown after coronavirus forces closure

The historic drawings at the former Lajkonik café on Warsaw’s Plac Trzech Krzyży depict various caricatures of famous people, amusing situations and frivolous visual commentaries on social events in Poland and the world at the time. Starbucks Lajkonik/Facebook

The historic drawings at the former Lajkonik café on Warsaw’s Plac Trzech Krzyży depict various caricatures of famous people, amusing situations and frivolous visual commentaries on social events in Poland and the world at the time.

New exhibition opens up on the life and work of “one-man army” artist Artur Szyk: the man who infuriated Hitler

The exhibition explores the life of the illustrator and political artist, whose career covered almost 50 turbulent years.

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