Jan Nowak Explained

Jan Nowak
Birth Name:Jan Kazimierz Nowak
Birth Date:1 July 1930
Birth Place:Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Death Place:Tychy, Poland
Occupation:Graphic designer, painter

Jan Nowak (1 July 1930 – 5 June 2010) was a Polish graphic designer and painter.

Biography

Nowak was born on 1 July 1930 in Siemianowice Śląskie. He studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Katowice branch of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the years 1951–1957. He obtained his diploma in the Graphic Arts studio of Professor Aleksander Rak. In 1960, he settled permanently in Tychy. He died in Tychy on 5 June 2010, at the age of 79.

He practiced graphic arts: lithography, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, drypoint, painting, drawing, poster and book graphics. Many of his landscapes included panoramas of old Upper Silesia and the nearby Siemianowice Śląskie, as well as Katowice, Chorzów, Tychy and Gliwice.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Janeczek. Zdzisław. Jan Kazimierz Nowak (1930-2010): Człowiek-artysta i jego czasy. Siemianowicki Rocznik Muzealny. Muzeum Miejskie w Siemianowicach Śląskich. 2011. 1644-8154.
  2. Book: Dębski, Jacek. Jan Nowak (1930-2010): grafika. Muzeum Miejskie w Tychach. 2011. 978-83-62193-16-5.