Designer · Poland · 1922–2004
Wiktor Górka
Wiktor Górka (1922–2004) – Polish poster designer, author of approximately 300 posters, including the famous poster for the film “Cabaret” (1973).
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1922–2004
- Country
- Poland
Wiktor Górka was born in 1922 in Komorowice near Bielsko-Biała and died in 2004 in Warsaw. In 1952, he obtained a diploma from the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied in the studio of Jerzy Karolak; he also studied painting in the studios of Jerzy Nowosielski and Tadeusz Kantor.
He created approximately 300 posters. His best-known work is the poster for Bob Fosse’s film “Cabaret” (1973); his other works include posters for “Spartacus”, “The Great Escape”, “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Marathon Man”. He designed posters both for foreign films released in Polish cinemas and for tourism, for which he also received awards at international competitions.
In 1970, he conducted workshops in Havana, then moved to Mexico, where he taught until the mid-1990s. He received second prize for a film poster in Karlovy Vary (1962), first prize for a tourism poster in Berlin (1967), a silver medal at the 2nd Poster Biennale in Katowice (1967) and the Mexican José Guadalupe Posada Medal (2000). A retrospective of his work was prepared by the BWA gallery in Bielsko-Biała.
Key designs
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Cabaret
film poster
