Andrzej Novak-Zempliński

Painter, architect, conservator of historic architecture and garden layouts. The author of many paintings whose theme was horses.

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Born in 1949 in Olsztyn.

Andrzej Novak-Zempliński began his artistic studies in 1971 at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He then continued them at the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the studios of professors Michał Bylina and Ludwik Maciąg. He graduated in 1976 with a diploma with honors.

The spiritual help of the already mentioned professors M. Bylina and L. Maciąg, meritorious educators, and at the same time enthusiasts and popularizers of topics related to horses and battles, undoubtedly contributed to his declaration as a horse painter.

A. Novak-Zempliński showed his watercolors, pastels and drawings for the first time at the Jubilee Horse Auction in Książ in May 1974. But his official debut was his participation in the BWA showroom in Sopot at the exhibition "Team in Painting", organized in August 1975. on the occasion of the XNUMXrd European Driving Championships.

He practices easel painting, but also deals with architectural design, conservation of historic architecture and garden layouts. He was an expert of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of antique horse vehicles, harnesses and harnesses. Socially involved in the activities of the Association of Old Arms and Color Lovers, as a member of the Main Board and president of the Warsaw Branch, and he is the founder and president of the Domus Polonorum association, associating owners of historic country residences, as well as the Polish Carriage Society, which deals with museology and collecting historic horse vehicles and promoting traditional driving.

Since 1980, he has been involved in the reconstruction and maintenance of the historic manor complex in Tułowice, for which he received the First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art in 1998 and the most prestigious European award in the field of protection of cultural heritage - the Europa Nostra Medal in 1999.

The cultural heritage of the Polish manor house and the landowners' tradition is the main topic of Andrzej Novák-Zempliński's collector's interests, mainly for the furnishing of the historic interiors of the Tułowice manor house, but a special part of this collection is the unique collection of court horse-drawn vehicles, harnesses and horse-drawn accessories.

The collection currently consists of 24 vehicles, half of which have an established provenance and most represent well-known Polish carriage companies, including products of leading Warsaw companies from the XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries. The vehicle exhibition is located in a former stable building adapted for this purpose and is open to visitors.

The theme of the painting works is mainly related to the image of the horse in various aspects of use. So these are portraits of horses distinguished in breeding, outstanding racehorses, as well as saddle and harness horses, at work, in the stable, on the pasture as well as in the scenes of competition shows, horse fairs and battles. These paintings are owned by many outstanding breeders and owners as well as horse lovers and collectors sports article western Europe and America.

Go to the entry about the artist in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (click)