Stanisław Kostrzewski

Stanisław Kostrzewski’s paintings have a quiet way of making you slow down. He painted Warsaw’s sidewalks and shopfronts so often that locals still point out the exact lampposts and bakeries he captured in the 1930s. What sticks is the way he framed ordinary moments—like a woman carrying groceries home at dusk—without turning them into grand scenes. His work belongs in Gallery Tiles because you can walk the same streets today and still feel the glow of his oil paints on the cobblestones. Look for “Portrait of Mrs. Leontyna Hordliczkowa” to see how a simple act of kindness becomes timeless.