Jan Le Witt

Jan Le Witt (1907–1991) was a Polish-born British abstract artist, graphic designer and illustrator.

They established a reputation for fine poster work during World War Two and for exhibition displays, most notably with the Guinness clock for the Festival of Britain.

Le Witt came from a Jewish family and after leaving school in Częstochowa he spent over three years travelling in Europe and the Middle East.

'[3] In the mid-1930s, the partners were commissioned by Przeworski publishers to design illustrations for three poems that had been written for children by the Polish poet and satiricist, Julian Tuwim.

Work produced by the partnership in Poland had been reproduced in foreign publications, such as Gebrauchsgraphik and Arts et Métiers Graphiques, and caught the attention of Philip James of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the directors of the Lund Humphries publishing company.

[7] The two organisations sponsored the partners' move to London; the Victoria & Albert Museum prepared their immigration forms and Lund Humphries put on an exhibition of their graphic work.

While living in London Le Witt became good friends with a circle of artists including Henry Moore, Piero Fornasetti and David Zwemmer, and met and worked with Pablo Picasso on a number of occasions.