Wojciech Kazimierz "Wojtek" Siudmak (born 10 October 1942 in

Wieluń Wieluń ( la, Velun) is a town in south-central Poland with 21,624 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship (1975–1998). Wieluń has a long and rich history. In the past, ...

) is a Polish painter, currently living in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. He was a student at

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw ...

. His works are often used as illustrations for

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...

literature, including the Polish edition of Frank Herbert's '' Dune'' series. He is also known for his work on album covers, including the award-winning cover for Eloy's 1977 album ''

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''. Siudmak painted in 1985 a picture ''Ethernal Love'', he continues the subject e.g. in the form of monuments.

Memory of bombing of Wieluń

Wojciech Siudmak was born in

, later destroyed by bombing, in which his elder brothers were wounded. Siudmak remembers the despair and ugliness of the destroyed town. He wants to memorize the tragedy of 1939.

References

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To ‘Dune’ and beyond: The interstellar hyper-realism of Wojciech Siudmak
1942 births 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 20th-century French painters French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists Fantasy artists Science fiction artists Living people People from Wieluń French speculative fiction artists Polish speculative fiction artists Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub