Leszek Nowosielski, Composition from the series "Old Polish Feasts"

Biography
He graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology; during World War II, he took private painting lessons from Jan Rubczak. In 1945, he moved to Gliwice, where he ran a chemical plant until 1949. In 1949, he became a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists; that same year, Leszek Nowosielski’s first solo painting exhibition took place at the Art Exhibitions Office. In 1956, he turned his attention to ceramics, beginning with overglaze decorations on porcelain. Later, he specialized in figurative compositions created from bas-relief ceramic tiles (panels). He also created abstract decorations using porcelain painting; some of his works drew on Polish history, including the Battle of Grunwald, the Katyn Massacre, the Warsaw Uprising, and the martyrdom at Auschwitz. Leszek Nowosielski’s works were characterized by vibrant colors; some of them are three-dimensional, handcrafted figures, each unique in form. The artist’s works are included in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, as well as in Wrocław and Gdańsk, the Museum of the Mazovia Region in Płock, and the Archaeological Museum in Warsaw.

Leszek Nowosielski dedicated one of his ceramic compositions to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima; this work is housed at the Hiroshima Memorial Center in Tokyo.

Leszek Nowosielski’s wife was Hanna Modrzewska-Nowosielska; the couple lived in Podkowa Leśna for many years.