Marek Laczynski

{{Short description|Polish printmaker, illustrator, and teacher (1925–2021)}}

Marek Laczynski (1925 – 23 November 2021) was a printmaker, illustrator and teacher, born in Warsaw Poland. Laczynski was a member of the Polish Home Army in 1941 and was involved in the Warsaw uprising.{{Cite web |title=Collections Online |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG155203 |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=www.britishmuseum.org}}

From 1949 to 1952 he studied book illustration at the Borough Polytechnic and then lithography at the Central School of Art and Design from 1962 to 1964. He was a founding member of the Printmakers Council in 1965.{{Cite web |title=Artist/Maker: Marek Laczynski - Aberystwyth University School of Art Museums and Galleries |url=http://museum.aber.ac.uk/person/370 |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=museum.aber.ac.uk}} He taught printmaking at Exeter College of Art and Design from 1964 until 1985, when he moved to Austria.{{Cite web |title=Marek Laczynski |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/marek-laczynski |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}

His work is held in the V&A,{{Cite web |last=Laczynksi |first= Marek |title=Print |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1035527/print-laczynksi-marek/ |access-date=2024-03-15}} the University of Exeter, Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Gallery{{Cite web |title=List artists and makers |url=https://museum.aber.ac.uk/browsedb.php?func=personlist&startwith=L |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=museum.aber.ac.uk}} and London University. The British Museum holds nine of his woodcuts.{{Cite web |title=Marek Laczynski |url=https://www.goldmarkart.com/collections/marek-laczynski |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Goldmark |language=en}}