Jan Nowak (1930-2010), "Circus Orchestra," 1991

oil, canvas, 120 x 100 cm,
signature p.d.: J. Nowak 1991 / IX

Painter, graphic artist, associated with the Silesian artistic community, resident of Tychy since 1960. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the Department of Graphics in Katowice, where he was also an academic teacher. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, participated in many exhibitions of Polish art abroad, his works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, the National Museum in Warsaw, among others. He has practiced easel painting, from graphic techniques lithography, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, dry needlework, and has been involved in drawing, designing posters and book graphics. His works refer to the theme of the urban landscape, often dominated by circus performers, street musicians, passersby.