Adam Kossowski Artist

Adam Kossowski (5 December 1905 – 31 March 1986) was a Polish artist, born in Nowy Sącz, notable for his works for the Catholic Church in England, where he arrived in 1943 as a refugee from Soviet labour camps and was invited in 1944 to join the Guild of Catholic Artists and Craftsmen.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 16, 1905
Birth place
Nowy Sącz
Nationality
Poles
Date of deathMarch 31, 1986
Place of death
London

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Artist

Field of work
Mural
Religious art
Ceramic art
Painting
Influenced by
Book of Revelation
Italian Renaissance
Poles
Luca della Robbia
Felicjan Kowarski
training at
Warsaw University of Technology
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts

Adam Kossowski on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/31st-may-1952/14/adam-kossowski-at-the-ashley-gallery
  2. http://idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com/search?q=kossowski
  3. http://marshallcolman.blogspot.com/2013/09/adam-kossowskis-mural-of-old-kent-road.html
  4. http://tilesoc.org.uk/tile-gazetteer/kent.html#1r
  5. http://www.artway.eu/content.php?id=1704&action=show&lang=en
  6. http://www.c20society.org.uk/murals-campaign/21-adam-kossowski-the-history-of-the-old-kent-road-1965
  7. http://www.faith.qmul.ac.uk/about/murals/index.html
  8. http://www.leylandstmarys.org.uk
  9. http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/bermondsey-kids/bermondsey-history/00,news,10559,5287,00.htm
  10. https://secure.flickr.com/photos/emcw/sets/72157624262203755/with/4747142874