Made in Poland

Illustrations by M. S. Nowicki for Made in Poland: Living Traditions of the Land by Louise Llewellyn Jarecka (1949)

This is part of Knopf's attractive 1940s "Made in..." series for young adults. (Some seem to be illustrated with photographs, though most have drawings.) The mighty Mérida illustrated the Mexico volume, which is how I found the series. I imagine they won't be reprinted, but you could buy one for 92 cents. Luckily the back cover has a full bio for the illustrators:M. S. Nowicki is a composite name representing Matthew Nowicki and his wife, Stanislawa. They worked together on the illustrations and jacket of this book. In Poland they received several prizes in both architectural and graphic competitions, and were awarded the Gold Medal at the International Paris Exposition of 1937. Matthew Nowicki is head of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering in Raleigh, and is on the staff of the United Nations as consultant to the director of planning of the United Nations buildings in New York. Stanislawa is teaching graphic arts at the same college. They plan to make their permanent home in this country. And the bio ends: "The illustrations for this book were designed to reflect the regional features of composition and detail characteristic of Polish peasant art." Nowicki may be better known in Raleigh for his Dorton Arena.