Roman Nowotarski (1931-2019), "Linoskook."

tempera, panel, 38.5 x 28 cm,
signed l.d.: Nowotarski R.

Painter, stage designer, educator, studied at the Department of Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice from 1953 to 1959, receiving his diploma from B. Górecki and A. Rak in 1959. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he led the drawing and painting studio. He participated in many exhibitions and national competitions and received numerous awards, including a gold medal at the 1974 Warsaw Poster Biennale. He was a theater and film set designer. In 2013, the Museum of the History of Katowice, together with the artist's students and collaborators from the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts, prepared the exhibition "Hommage à Nowotarski," organized in the museum's main building.