Jerzy NOWOSIELSKI, Portrait of a Girl, 1964

oil, canvas, 60 x 46 cm, unsigned On the stretcher inscription in pencil: "Portrait of a girl 60 x 46". The work is listed in the archive of the Nowosielski Foundation in Kraków. The painting was painted in January 1964. Exhibited: 3 X - 7 XI 1964 Cracow, Krzysztofory Gallery, solo exhibition. /cat./ Jerzy Nowosielski. Cracow, Krzysztofory Gallery, October 1964, (introduction:) Tadeusz Chrzanowski, cat. no. 1-66 from 1950-1964, 5 repr. in the Nowosielski Foundation archives there is a photograph from the exhibition showing the painting. 19 Dec 1964 - II 1965 Zakopane, Tourist House, Club of the International Press and Book (KMPiK), Pegaz Gallery, solo exhibition. since 1965 in private collection in Cracow. Authenticity was consulted with Andrzej Szczepaniak.

Painter, draughtsman, stage designer, creator of figural compositions, still lifes, nudes, landscapes and sacred paintings, in which he combines modern elements with influences of Byzantine art. His painting of sacred subjects involves evoking the mysticism of Ruthenian or Byzantine icons. He is the author of numerous decorations (polychromes, stained glass, mosaics) in churches and Orthodox churches. The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Cracow has his polychromes on wood and masonry, iconostasis and icons.