Szymon Kobylinski

Szymon Kobylinski was a graphic artist, illustrator, historian and designer from Warsaw. He was born into an artistic family, and he studied graphics and the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and Art History at the University of Warsaw.

His drawings appeared in publications like Szpilki, Kultura, Punch, Graphis, Nebelspalter and Panorama. He had a regular cartoon in Polityce from 1957 to 1990. Koylinski created the comics 'Poselstwo do Gniezna' and 'Do grodu Kraka' about the history of Poland for RELAX magazine.

Kobylinski was furthermore a novelist, essayist and author for television and radio programs. He popularized Polish culture and history and was an expert on arms and the history of the Polish army. He illustrated about 300 books and written about 20 himself.