Marian Konieczny

Marian Konieczny
Marian Konieczny in 1960s
Born(1930-01-13)13 January 1930
Jasionów, Second Polish Republic
Died25 July 2017(2017-07-25) (aged 87)
Jaroszowiec, Poland
EducationJan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
Known forsculpture
Notable workGrunwald Monument in Kraków
Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw, Warsaw
Revolution Monument in Rzeszów
Martyrs' Memorial in Algiers Apollo's Fountain in Poznań
Jan Zamoyski Statue in Zamość

Marian Adam Konieczny (13 January 1930 – 25 July 2017) was a Polish sculptor and politician, Professor and Dean at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.[1]

Life

A 1954 graduate of the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie (Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts) in Kraków, Konieczny was a student of Xawery Dunikowski. He was a professor and rector of the Academy from 1972 to 1981. Konieczny sculpted many notable monuments, such as the Warsaw Nike,[2] Martyrs Memorial in Algiers, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Philadelphia and Pope John Paul II in Leżajsk.[3] His monument of Vladimir Lenin in Nowa Huta was the biggest Lenin's monument in Poland, removed in 1989. Lenin's heel was damaged in 1979 as the result of a weak explosion.[4]

Konieczny died in Jasionów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, on 25 July 2017 at the age of 87.[5]

Awards

In 1999, he was awarded Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.[6] In 2009, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zmarł rzeźbiarz Marian Konieczny, twórca m.in. Warszawskiej Nike". Wyborcza. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Crowley, David (2003). Warsaw. Reaktion Books. ISBN 1-86189-179-2.
  3. ↑ "Thaddeus Kosciuszko". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pomnik Lenina obalony w Nowej Hucie".
  5. ↑ "Prof. Marian Konieczny - rzeźbiarz dwóch epok". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "M.P. 2000 nr 13 poz. 258". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (in Polish). Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

Bibliography

  • Loranc, Władysław (1967). Marian Konieczny. Biografia rzeźbiarza. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie.
  • Marian Konieczny. Katalog rzeźb. Kraków: Unidruk. 2003. ISBN 8387550086.
  • Skrobot, Jerzy (2009). Kształty pamięci. Rzecz o Marianie Koniecznym. Kraków: Promotor. ISBN 9788392725237.


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