Jerzy Nowosielski

Jerzy Nowosielski studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kraków. Work by Jerzy Nowosielski is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków. Distinctions recorded are Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow.

• Name — Jerzy Nowosielski • Born — 7 January 1923 • Birthplace — Kraków, Poland • Died — 21 February 2011 • Place of death — Kraków, Poland • Known for — Painting Jerzy Nowosielski (Polish; born 7 January 1923 –

He was born in Kraków. His father was a Lemko of Greek Catholic Rite and came from Odrzechowa in the Sanok district, his mother Anna Harnlender was a Pole with German roots. He was well known for his religious compositions (wall paintings, iconostases, polychromies) in the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Kraków, Białystok, and Jelenia Góra, the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross at Wesoła, the Franciscan Church in the Azory district of Kraków, and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Lourdes, France. Nowosielski designed and erected the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biały Bór. He also painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and abstract pictures. His works are found in Polish museums and in private collections in Canada, the US, and Germany. In 1988 he received Jan Cybis Award. In 1993, he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and was also awarded a prize by the Polish cultural foundation Wielka Fundacja Kultury. In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from the Jagiellonian University. In 2008, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. In 2022, a unique ceramic mosaic depicting St Francis of Assisi by Nowosielski created in 1980 was discovered in the Warsaw district of Izabelin and added in 2023 to the register of cultural property due to its artistic and historic significance.

In 2023, on the 100th anniversary of Nowosielski's birth, the Polish Parliament declared 2023 as the Year of Jerzy Nowosielski to celebrate the artist and his legacy. In December 2023, he was the central figure of the exhibition "The Art of Seeing: Nowosielski and Others" organized at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

• Illustration — Town at the Foot of Mountains (1963)

Jerzy Nowosielski is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as painter, iconographer, university teacher, philosopher and theologian.