Dimensions: 36 x 10.5 x 11 cm
Signed on the bottom with a bound monogram: 'WJ'
on the side of the base monogram of the recipient: 'TA'; on the bottom of the pedestal a box. According to family legend, the artist gave the sculpture with a hidden ring to the grandmother of the current owners
Provenance
private collection, Zakopane
Exhibited
Made in Zakopane. Zakopane Arts and Crafts to World War II, Dr. Titus Chałubiński Tatra Museum in Zakopane, July 1-October 1, 2023
Literature
Made in Zakopane. Zakopane Arts and Crafts to World War II, digital exhibition catalog, edited by Helena Pitoń, p. 54 (mentioned)
Catalog of objects presented at the exhibition Made in Zakopane. Zakopane Artistic Craftsmanship until World War II", digital version, p. 37 (il.)
Biography
Sculptor, disciple of Xawery Dunikowski, assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, author of monuments to Jan Kochanowski in Zwolen and Sycyna and Janusz Korczak in Warsaw, among others. In 1930-1934 he studied at the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane.
He made sacred sculptures and busts of private individuals, and was part of the team making the prosecture decor of the Medical Academy in Warsaw. He directed construction or reconstruction work on monuments: Warsaw's Nike, Frederic Chopin in Lazienki Park, Silesian Insurgents in Katowice, and the Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers in Warsaw, and collaborated in the construction or reconstruction of monuments to Polish Cavalry, Nicolaus Copernicus and Brotherhood of Arms in Warsaw, among others.
