Jerzy Nowosielski, AKT, 1993

37.0 x 27.5 cm - pen ink, cream paper 37 x 27.5 cm - dimensions in light passe-partout

signed vertically l.g.: JERZY NOWOSIELSKI 93



The subject of women tied up with rope or subjected to other physical torments (suspended, unnaturally curled up, stretched on a wheel, etc.) appeared in Nowosielski's art around 1950, parallel to a series of paintings depicting gymnasts, runners, soccer players, swimmers, in general - women engaged in sports. The offered drawing is a late reflection of these fascinations of the artist.

A similar depiction of the nude, with the same drawn head, hands tied behind, is presented in a drawing from 1993, reproduced in the album: Jerzy Nowosielski, [published by] Starmach Gallery, Nowosielski Foundation, Cracow 2003, cat. 697, il. s. 470.



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Jerzy Nowosielski (Krakow 1923 - Krakow 2011) began his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Krakow in 1940. In 1942 he stayed for less than a year in the St. John the Baptist Lavra near Lviv. There he studied the art of painting and the history of icons. After returning to Cracow in 1943, he re-established contacts with the circle of the future Cracow Group. After the war, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch (1945-1947). At the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948/49, he showed paintings maintained in the trend of geometric abstraction. During the years of Socialist Realism, he did not exhibit, dealing at the time with stage design and painting of churches and orthodox churches. In 1955 in Lodz he presented his first solo exhibition, in 1956 he participated in the XXVIII Venice Biennale. From 1957 to 1962 he was a teacher at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Lodz, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he taught at the Faculty of Painting until his retirement in 1993. In the second half of the 1950s he achieved a distinctive style of nudes, landscapes and figural scenes in interiors, which he owed to his fascination with icons and his experience with sacred painting. In 1976, he took up monumental works anew, producing mural paintings, Stations of the Cross and designs for stained glass windows in the Church of Divine Providence in Wesola near Warsaw (1976-1979). The artist was widely recognized as an authority on art rooted in spiritual values.

Jerzy Nowosielski died on February 21, 2011 in Krakow, Poland.