Background
Jerzy Nowosielski was born on January 7, 1923 in Kraków, Poland. His father was from Uniate religion and his mother was a Polish woman with German roots.
In 1945 he began studying painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Eugeniusz Eybis. He finished his studies only in 1961.
In 1945 he began studying painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Eugeniusz Eybis. He finished his studies only in 1961.
graphic artist illustrator painter scenographer
Jerzy Nowosielski was born on January 7, 1923 in Kraków, Poland. His father was from Uniate religion and his mother was a Polish woman with German roots.
In 1940, Novoselsky began his studies at the Kraków School of Arts and Crafts.
In 1945 he began studying painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Eugeniusz Eybis. He finished his studies only in 1961.
In 1962 Jerzy became the head of the department at the Academy. In 1976 he received the title of professor, remained at his post until 1993.
During this period, Novoselsky painted pictures with worldly subjects: female characters, gymnasts, swimmers, as well as still-life paintings. The influence of iconography was noticeable in the absence of perspective and the outline of objects.
Already in the 1950s he was engaged in wall painting in many Catholic and Greek Catholic churches. Gradually, he left a secular theme and was engaged exclusively in iconography. He began to study Orthodox theology and adopted the Orthodox faith.
Novoselsky participated as a representative of Poland at the 1956 Venice Biennale and the 1959 Sao Paulo Biennale.
He died on February 21, 2011 in Kraków.
Nowosielski was a prominent painter and illustrator who designed and erected the Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biały Bór.
He also painted portraits, landscapes, still life, and abstract pictures. His works are found in Polish museums and also in private collections in Canada, the USA, and Germany. In 1993 he was awarded a prize by the Polish cultural foundation Wielka Fundacja Kultury and received an honorary doctorate from the Jagiellonian University in 2000.
Untitled (Blue women)
City at the foot of the mountains (Landscape)
Untitled (Women in red)
Untitled (Blue abstraction)
Transfiguration, wall painting
St Kyrill
St Nicholas
The Baptism of Christ
St Paraskeva
Icons
Sunrise in Bieszczady (Sunrise in the Mountains)
Narrow-gauge Railway (In the Mountains)
He was married to Zofia.
