The Portfolio
The "Nouveau Salon des Cent" portfolio consists of a
hundred posters created by one hundred of the best graphic designers
of our
time, from 24 different countries including China, Japan, Mexico,
Brazil, Zimbabwe, the United-States and most of the European countries,
as a tribute to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, for the Centenary of
his
death, 1901-2001. Initiated by the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum Partners'
Club. In cooperation with the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum of Albi.
The
printing was limited to only 380. The posters have been exhibited
in major museums and galleries around the world. View
Our Complete Collection »
The Designer - Michal Batory
Born
on August 25, 1959 in Lodz, Poland. A student of the National College of Fine Arts in Lodz, he was
awarded a grant for young artists offered by the Ministry for the
Culture and Arts which enabled him to complete his training.
He moved to Paris in 1987. Since 1994 he has been working as
a freelance graphic designer for cultural institutions: the Colline
National Theatre, the National Library of France, the Science
and
Industry Complex of La Villette, the Pompidou Centre, Ircom and
the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Radio France, the Ministry for
Culture.
As a poster designer he has been involved with many publications
and exhibitions: 'Long Live Graphic Designers' and '70 Posters
for the Right to Dignity for Ordinary Prisoners' at the Pompidou
Centre, 1990 and 1993; 'Peace after Hiroshima' organised by the
Movement for Peace, 1994; 'Consistency of Thought' at the National
Library of France, 1997; '100 years of Bertolt Brecht' in Berlin,
1998; 'French Graphic Designers' in Mexico...
Michal Batory received the National Cultural Poster Grand Prize
for his poster 'The siege of Leningrad', France, 1998 and the
second prize at the Chaumont International Poster Festival in 1999
for
the poster Ircam-EIC. |