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Gustaw Zemła

Polish sculptor (born 1931) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła
Born (1931-11-01) 1 November 1931 (age 93)
Jasienica Rosielna, Poland
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts
StyleSculpture
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Biography

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

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Picture Year Title Location Ref.
Thumb 1967 Silesian Insurgents Memorial Katowice, Poland [4]
Thumb 1968 Karol Świerczewski Monument Warsaw, Poland [5]
Thumb 1972 Monument to the Victims of the Fort III and World War II Pomiechówek, Poland [6]
Thumb Władysław Broniewski Monument Płock, Poland [7]
Thumb 1973 Monument of the Fallen Undefeated Warsaw, Poland [8]
Thumb 1974 Ludwik Waryński Monument Warsaw, Poland [9]
Thumb 1979 Monument to the Polish Endeavor Szczecin, Poland [10]
Thumb 1991 John Paul II Monument Kraków, Poland [11]
1993 John Paul II Monument Oleszyce, Poland [12]
Thumb John Paul II Monument Płock, Poland [13]
Thumb 1994 John Paul II Monument Łomża, Poland [14]
Thumb 1995 Monument of the Decalogue Łódź, Poland [15]
Thumb 1998 Gravestone of Tony Halik at the Bródno Cemetery Warsaw, Poland [16]
Thumb Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Warsaw, Poland [17]
Thumb John Paul II Monument Montevideo, Uruguay [18]
Thumb 1999 Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino Warsaw, Poland [19]
Ernest Malinowski Monument Chicla District, Department of Lima, Peru [20]
Thumb 2000 John Paul II Monument at St. Anne Mountain Leśnica, Poland [21]
Thumb 2005 General Jerzy Ziętek Monument Katowice, Poland [22]
Thumb 2006 Pope John Paul II Monument Katowice, Poland [23]
Thumb 2007 Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Monument Toruń, Poland [24]
Thumb Pope John Paul II Monument Suwałki, Poland [25]
Thumb 2008 John Paul II Monument at Wawel Kraków, Poland [26]
Thumb 2010 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Kielce, Poland [27]
Thumb 2011 Blessed Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko Monument Toruń, Poland [28]
2012 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Toruń, Poland [29]
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