Dimensions: 100 x 90 cm
signed and dated on the reverse: 'JERZY NOWOSIELSKI | 1982'
State of preservation
authenticity consulted with the Nowosielski Foundation in Krakow
Provenance
private collection, Poland
Biography
Began studies at Kunstgewerbeschule in Cracow 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 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.
