Leo Nowak
Born 1907

Leo Nowak was born in 1907 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He studied at the John Huntington Art Institute, the Cleveland School of Art, the Darvas School of Design and also with Frank Wilcox and Henry J. Miller.

The artist exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1929-1943 and in Laguna Beach 1951-1952. Nowak was a member of the California Art Club and received awards from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Laguna Beach Art Festival, Griffith Park Theatre in Los Angeles and the Cleveland Telenews Art Gallery. Two mural commissions were granted by the New York Central Rail Road Engineer’s Building and the Cleveland Hunters Tavern.

Nowak illustrated both Trampo the Sailor and Uncle Wiggly and contribute illustrations to the Superman Magazine and the NEA Newspaper Service.

The date of the artist’s death is unknown.