Thomas Nozkowski Art
American, 1944-2019
Thomas Nozkowski (March 23, 1944 – May 9, 2019) was an American contemporary painter.[1] He achieved a place of prominence through his small scale paintings and drawings that push the limits of visual language.
Nozkowski was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Dumont,[2] where he graduated from Dumont High School in 1961.[3] He spent his youth in the New Jersey suburbs, admiring New York culture from afar before moving there after graduating high school. When he was a senior in high school he won a scholarship to attend a painting class at New York University's School of Education, where he studied with Robert Kaupelis and Hale Woodruff.[2] While he earned his BFA at Cooper Union, Nozkowski was making sculptures. He graduated in 1967. He later transitioned to painting, and exhibited some of his earliest works in group shows at the storied Betty Parsons Gallery.[4](Biography provided by Sager Reeves Gallery)
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Artist: Thomas Nozkowski
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Untitled I
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Nozkowski (American, 1944-2019)
Untitled I, 2015
woodcut and linocut printed in 14 colors on Hahnemuhle paper
paper size: 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
edition of 25
signed ...
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2010s Abstract Thomas Nozkowski Art
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Untitled II
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
linocut printed in 25 colors on Hahnemuhle paper
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Linocut
Untitled #5
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
2012, 4-plate aquatint with 22 colors, 21 7/8 x 29 3/8 inches, edition of 25
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