Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 Krakow - 2011 Krakow), Nude , 1998

serigraphy/paper
Dimensions: 68 x 32 cm (clear passe-partout)
Signed along the left edge: 'Jerzy Nowosielski 98 34/50'

Condition
framed

Biography
Began studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Kraków in 1940. Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1944. Member of the Group of Young Visual 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 polychromies in churches (including the Holy Spirit Church in Nowe Tychy, the church in Wesoła near Warsaw, the church in Lourdes, France) and iconostasis (including the Dormition of the Mother of God Church 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.