Dimensions: 35 x 46 cm
signed and dated on the reverse: 'Jerzy Nowosielski 1951 | SYGNUJA NA DUBLAŻU 1993'.
on the reverse a paper sticker with the description of the work
Origin
Starmach Gallery, Cracow
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Jerzy Nowosielski, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 21.03-27.04.2003
Literature
Jerzy Nowosielski, exhibition catalog, Starmach Gallery, Nowosielski Foundation, Zachęta National Art Gallery, Warsaw 2003, p. 63 (il.).
Biography
Began his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Cracow in 1940. Since 1944 member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member of the Group of Young Artists and the Cracow Group. In 1976-92 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Painter, draughtsman, stage designer, creator of figural compositions, still lifes, nudes, landscapes and sacred paintings, in which he combined modern elements with influences of Byzantine art. His unique style is characterized by the use of a flat arrangement of color patches edged with a clean contour line and a synthesizing vision of everyday life. He is the author of numerous polychrome paintings in churches (including the Church of the Holy Spirit in Nowe Tychy, the church in Wesoła near Warsaw, the church in Lourdes, France) and iconostasis (including the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Cracow). The artist's works are in numerous museum collections in Poland and in private collections (USA, Canada, France, Germany). In 1993 he was awarded the Great Cultural Foundation Prize for outstanding cultural achievements.
