Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JERZY NOWOSIELSKI | "COMPOSITION | ABSTRACT" | 1968 | R.39 | P.6 | B.2'.
on the reverse a sticker with a description of the work, an exhibition sticker from an exhibition of Polish art at the Edinburgh Festival in 1972 and an exhibition sticker from the Contemporary Gallery K.M.P. and K. "RUCH" in Warsaw in 1970
Origins
private collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, 2017
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Jerzy Nowosielski, K.M.P. and K. Contemporary Gallery. "RUCH", Warsaw, Poland. 11.12.1969-4.01.1970
"Atelier 72", exhibition of Polish art during the Edinburgh Festival, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, 20.08-9.09.1972
Biography
In 1940 he began his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Cracow. Since 1944 member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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 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.
