Wawrzyniec Samp
Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.[1]
Samp was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artistic study in the city. He specializes in Pomeranian-Kashubian, marine and sacral graphics.
Projects
Monument to the Poles who died for the Gdansk Polishness in German prisons, concentration camps and other places of execution in 1939–1945.
His main projects include:
- monuments:
- Tym co za polskośc Gdańska, Gdańsk
- Czynu partyzanckiego kolejarzy, Czarna Woda
- Józef Wybicki, Kościerzyna
- Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
- Stefan Wyszyński, Gniezno Cathedral
- Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania, Gdańsk
- Izydor Gulgowski and Teodora Gulgowska, Wdzydze
- Jerzy Popiełuszko, St. Brigid basilic in Gdańsk
- memorial plates:
- Józef Wrycza, Wiele and Zblewo
- bishop Konstantyn Dominik, Swarzewo
- primate Stefan Wyszyński, Stoczek
- Józef Wybicki, patron of a high-school in Gdańsk-Orunia
- Loen Roppel, Luzino
- Florian Ceynowa, Wejherowo hospital
- Polish Kings Coronations, Gniezno cathedral
- Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
- Pope John Paul II, New Port in Gdańsk
- bishop W. Pluta, Gorzów Wielkopolski
- bishop Józef Drzazga, Olsztyn
- Jozef Wilczek, Luzino
- medals and medallions:
- 27 medals of Dukes of Pomerania
- 650-years of NMP basilic in Gdańsk
- Srebrna Tabakieta Abrahama
- Cech Piekarzy i Cukierników in Gdańsk
- 400-years of Gdańsk Library of PAN[2]
- 40-years of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association
Publications:
- L. Bądkowski, W. Samp, Poczet książąt Pomorza Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 1974
Awards:
- Medal Stolema, 1974
- Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
- Zasłuzonym Ziemi Gdańskiej
- Złoty Medal Prymasowski Zasłużony w posłudze dla Kościoła i Narodu
- Nadgoda Miasta Gdańska
References
- "Po raz 33. wręczono nagrody imienia świętego Brata Alberta" (in Polish). Polskie Radio. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- Polish Libraries Today. Biblioteka Narodowa. 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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