Signed l. d.: L.Nowosielski;
On the back, author's description: Leszek Nowosielski / [artist's mark] 1996 / series Models, above: 92/3 [in circle], 04 4 [in rectangle] .
Leszek Nowosielski sought his own means of artistic expression mainly in ceramics. He is known to design collectors as the author, together with his wife Hanna Modrzewska-Nowosielska, of paintings of decorative plates, services and tableware. In the early 1960s, he began to creaté his own models in clay, which brought him fame. He formed monumental compositions such as "Battle of Grunwald," "Battle of Vienna," "Battle of Legnica" and "Hiroshima," now housed at the Hiroshima Memorial Center in Tokyo, out of ceramic plaques. At the same time, the artist was involved in painting, creating abstract, free compositions with clear structure and saturated colors. In 2016, the couple held an exhibition summarizing their artistic activities, "Atelier Nowosielski. The Ceramic World of Hanna and Leszek Nowosielski," organized by the National Museum in Gdansk.
(compiled. based on: Nowosielski's Atelier: the ceramic world of Hanna and Leszek Nowosielski, managing editor Joanna Szymula-Grygiel, Gdansk, 2016)
At the end of 2020, a work from the "Models" series fetched a record amount of PLN 63,600 including the auction fee.
"In Leszek Nowosielski's paintings, "there is no shortage of canvases depicting figural scenes, which perhaps more clearly than others show the focus of seeing the world (...). Nowosielski treats these representations with a great deal of humor and cheerfulness, sometimes even caricatured or greatly simplified."
Irena Huml "Leszek Nowosielski. Painting, Ceramics, Drawing."
