3 Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011) Landscape, 1963 oil/fiberboard, 43 x 60 cm Signed and dated on the reverse: '1965 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man label with the work's description on the reverse: 1963 (oil, fibreboard) 43 x 60 cm Price: 430 £'; export trading label with Desa Works of Antique and Modern Art Foreign Trade Enterprise Warsaw with description and date 1963 ID: 96274 Taxes and fees - In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder agrees to pay us a buyer's premium on the hammer prices of each lot sold. On all lots we charge 20 % of the hammer price. - To this lot we apply 'artist&s owe right' (&#xx27;droit de suite&#xi27;) fee. Royalties are calculated using a sliding scale of percentage of the hammer price. Provenance private collection, Poland DESA Unicum, 2024 private collection, Poland Opinions authenticity and proven consulted with Andrzej Szczepaniak certificate of Novosielski Foundation in Cracow attached to the artwork Literature Jerzy Nowosielski, Cassel Gallery exhibition catalogue, London 1963, item 28, e.g. (list of works) Exhibited Jerzy Nowosielski, retrospective exhibition, Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions Zacheta, Warsaw, 6.03-26.03.1963 Jerzy Nowosielski, solo exhibition, Provincial Cultural House, Club Castle, Lublin 1963 Jerzy Nowosielski, solo exhibition, Cassel Gallery, London 1963 More information In the early '60s. Jerzy Nowosielski developed his own language of landscape, in which observation of reality combined with geometric simplification and far-reaching synthesis of forms. In the picture presented, the architecture and elements of the port landscape become parts of a precisely constructed composition, subject to the rhythm of lines, planes and contrasts of colours. Attention is drawn to the combination of compact construction with a fragment of the ship, whose white-red hull is clearly cut off from the dark green surroundings. Architecture, treated synthetically and with a strong contour, creates a system of almost flat geometrical forms. There is no detailed description of the place or random details: each element co-creates a thoughtful composition. A small figure on the street introduces a human scale and at the same time highlights the vastness of space and the peculiar silence of this view. The motive of the ships appeared in Novosielski's works as an echo of memories from his stay at the student camp in Międzyzdroje. In its landscapes, recognizable places and objects often became a starting point for painting synthesis, where the perspective was transformed and space gained its own logic. Here, too, architecture and ship retain their recognition, but their combination goes beyond the mere record of reality. Savings of resources, clear contours and contrasting color spots give the picture a balance between the specifics of the observed world and the autonomy of the painting vision.