Wojciech Kazimierz "Wojtek" Siudmak (pronounced: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish">[ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈɕudmak]</a>; born 10 October 1942 in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielu%C5%84">Wieluń</a>) is a Polish <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painter">painter</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptor">sculptor</a> currently living in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a>. He was a student at <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Fine_Arts_in_Warsaw">Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw</a>. In 1966, he moved to France where he studied at the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_de_Paris">Beaux-Arts de Paris</a>. His works are often used as illustrations for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction">science fiction</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy">fantasy</a> literature, including the Polish edition of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert">Frank Herbert</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)">Dune</a> series. He is also known for his work on <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_cover">album covers</a>, including the award-winning cover for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy_(band)">Eloy</a>'s 1977 album <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_(Eloy_album)">Ocean</a>. Siudmak painted in 1985 a picture Ethernal Love, he continues the subject e.g. in the form of monuments.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve">Denis Villeneuve</a>, the director of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2021_film)">Dune</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two">Dune: Part Two</a>, revealed he had been inspired by Siudmiak's works describing them as "powerfully hypnotic" and "captivating the viewers with their profundity".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Siudmak">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Siudmak</a>

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