Adolf Hyla (also Adolph Hyla or Adolfa Hyły) was a Polish

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 painter and art teacher.

He is known for painting a Divine Mercy image in 1943, which remains one of the most often reproduced renditions.

Hyla painted the Divine Mercy

Divine Mercy

The Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion to the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one's own heart towards those in need of it...

 image as a votive offering

Ex-voto

An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or divinity. It is given in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude or devotion...

 for the convent in Krakow

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

, Poland for having survived the war. The image was painted by Hyla five years after the death of Saint Faustina Kowalska in 1938. An earlier image had been painted by Kazimierowski

Eugene Kazimierowski

Eugene Kazimierowski was a Polish Realistic painter, best known for painting the first Divine Mercy painting in 1934 based on the request of Saint Faustina Kowalska and her confessor Michael Sopocko.Kazimierowski studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 1892–1897...

in 1934.

Hyla also taught drawing and handicrafts at the Mikolaj Koppernik school around 1934.