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Gustaw Zemła
Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła (born 1 November 1931) is an artist, sculptor and academic. He is an author of numerous monuments, mostly located in Poland, and is one of the most recognisable sculptors of Poland.
Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 November 1931 |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts |
| Style | Sculpture |
Biography edit
Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła was born on 1 November 1931, in the village of Jasienica Rosielna, now located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.[1] From 1952 to 1958 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland.[1] In 1958 he was appointed as a professor there teaching sculpture. In 1964, he was appointed as the university director, and from 1973 to 1976 he was the prorector.[2]
Since 2003, he has been a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and since 2006, a member of the programme council of the National Creative Work Centre foundation.[3]
Zamła is the creator of many monuments, including the Monument of Silesian Insurgents (Katowice, 1967), Monument of the Fallen Undefeated (Warsaw, 1973), Monument to the Polish Endeavor (Szczecin, 1979), Monument of the Decalogue (Łódź, 1995), Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument (Warsaw, 1998), Ernest Malinowski Monument (Chicla District, 1999), and Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino (Warsaw, 1999). He is also the author of numerous sculptures.[1]
Works edit
Monuments edit
| Picture | Year | Title | Location | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Monument of Silesian Insurgents | Katowice, Poland | [4] | |
| 1968 | Karol Świerczewski Monument | Warsaw, Poland | [5] | |
| 1972 | Monument to the Victims of the Fort III and World War II | Pomiechówek, Poland | [6] | |
| Władysław Broniewski Monument | Płock, Poland | [7] | ||
| 1973 | Monument of the Fallen Undefeated | Warsaw, Poland | [8] | |
| 1974 | Ludwik Waryński Monument | Warsaw, Poland | [9] | |
| 1979 | Monument to the Polish Endeavor | Szczecin, Poland | [10] | |
| 1991 | John Paul II Monument | Kraków, Poland | [11] | |
| 1993 | John Paul II Monument | Oleszyce, Poland | [12] | |
| John Paul II Monument | Płock, Poland | [13] | ||
| 1994 | John Paul II Monument | Łomża, Poland | [14] | |
| 1995 | Monument of the Decalogue | Łódź, Poland | [15] | |
| 1998 | Gravestone of Tony Halik at the Bródno Cemetery | Warsaw, Poland | [16] | |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument | Warsaw, Poland | [17] | ||
| John Paul II Monument | Montevideo, Uruguay | [18] | ||
| 1999 | Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino | Warsaw, Poland | [19] | |
| Ernest Malinowski Monument | Chicla District, Department of Lima, Peru | [20] | ||
| 2000 | John Paul II Monument at St. Anne Mountain | Leśnica, Poland | [21] | |
| 2005 | General Jerzy Ziętek Monument | Katowice, Poland | [22] | |
| 2006 | Pope John Paul II Monument | Katowice, Poland | [23] | |
| 2007 | Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Monument | Toruń, Poland | [24] | |
| Pope John Paul II Monument | Suwałki, Poland | [25] | ||
| 2008 | John Paul II Monument at Wawel | Kraków, Warsaw | [26] | |
| 2010 | Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument | Kielce, Poland | [27] | |
| 2011 | Blessed Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko Monument | Toruń, Poland | [28] | |
| 2012 | Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument | Toruń, Poland | [29] |
Awards and orders edit
- Golden Honorary Badge of Merid of Warsaw (Poland, 1970)[30]
- First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (Poland, 1973)[31]
- First Degree State Award Badge (Poland, 1980)[32]
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 1996)[33]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 2011)[34]
- Medal of Merit of the City of Szczecin (Poland, 2012)[35]
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
- Grand Officer's Order of Metit (Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
- Honorary Badge of Pomeranian Griffin (Poland)
- Order of Merit for Distinguished Services (Peru)[36]
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