Jan Nowak
Jan Nowak (1 July 1930 – 5 June 2010) was a Polish graphic designer and painter.
Jan Nowak
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- Name
- Jan Nowak
- Birth Name
- Jan Kazimierz Nowak
- Born
- 1 July 1930
- Birthplace
- Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
- Died
- 5 June 2010
- Place of death
- Tychy, Poland
- Occupation
- Graphic designer, painter
- Nationality
- Poland, Second Polish Republic and Polish People's Republic.
- Education
- Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Academy of Fine Arts and Katowice.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Jan Nowak (1 July 1930 – 5 June 2010) was a Polish graphic designer and painter.
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Jan Nowak studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are graphics, lithography, etching and aquatint. Residence is recorded at Siemianowice Śląskie and Tychy.
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• Name — Jan Nowak • Birth Name — Jan Kazimierz Nowak • Born — 1 July 1930 • Birthplace — Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland • Died — 5 June 2010 • Place of death — Tychy, Poland • Occupation — Graphic designer, painter
Biography
Biography
Nowak was born on 1 July 1930 in Siemianowice Śląskie. He studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Katowice branch of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the years 1951–1957. He obtained his diploma in the Graphic Arts studio of Professor Aleksander Rak. In 1960, he settled permanently in Tychy. He died in Tychy on 5 June 2010, at the age of 79. He practiced graphic arts: lithography, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, drypoint, painting, drawing, poster and book graphics. Many of his landscapes included panoramas of old Upper Silesia and the nearby Siemianowice Śląskie, as well as Katowice, Chorzów, Tychy and Gliwice.
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Siemianowice Śląskie and Tychy.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1191767086, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański. Misja: Polska (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Breslau).
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- 1.Janeczek, Zdzisław. Jan Kazimierz Nowak (1930-2010): Człowiek-artysta i jego czasy. Siemianowicki Rocznik Muzealny. Muzeum Miejskie w Siemianowicach Śląskich. 2011. 1644-8154.
- 2.Dębski, Jacek. Jan Nowak (1930-2010): grafika. Muzeum Miejskie w Tychach. 2011. 978-83-62193-16-5.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1191767086, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański. Misja: Polska (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Breslau).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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