Leon Piesowocki

Leon Piesowocki (* 1925 in Poznań ) is a Polish painter and graphic artist .

The son of a Polish mother and a German father, he was forcibly recruited by the German army in 1943, served in Italy, deserted and continued to fight on the side of the English. Immediately after the end of the war, an art-loving officer found him a scholarship at the Academia in Rome. A year later, all Poles who had fought for Britain were offered British citizenship and relocation to London, where Piesowocki received a scholarship to Sir John Cass College of Art , London. In 1978 he moved to the south of France and has lived near Orange ever since .

In the course of his life, Piesowocki, with his wide range of stylistic skills, has repeatedly changed his style of painting, his techniques and his subjects ; However, a preponderance of landscapes and female nudes can be observed, in some cases their figurative fusion; The preferred style of painting in the early work is oil , in the middle period serigraphy and folded objects , in the later phase watercolors and a mixed technique of watercolor and pen and ink drawings .

He has been a member of the International Prizewinners Club since receiving the Bradford Art Prize in 1968 . Exhibitions in London and many other places in Great Britain, Paris and many other places in France, Tokyo, Melbourne, Oregon, Poland, Holland, Italy, Norway and Germany.

Works were purchased from the following collections and museums:

• Great Britain: Victoria and Albert Museum , The Nuffield Foundation , The Arts Council , The British Council , Northampton Central Museum , Wakefield City-Art Gallery , Bradford Museum and Art Gallery , Oldham City and Art Museum , Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
• Holland: Stedelijk Museum , Boymans van Beuningen
• USA: University of Pittsburgh
• Poland: National Museum Warszawa , National Museum Poznań , University Museum Toruń (Thorn)

From 1981 to 1991 Piesowocki also worked as a book illustrator, stage designer and figure designer for productions by Marieluise Ritter in the Frankfurt puppet theater .

Web links

• Leon Piesowocki Gallery