August Zamoyski
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Polish sculptor
August Zamoyski | |
|---|---|
| Portrait of August Zamoyski by Witkacy. | |
| Born | (1893年06月28日)28 June 1893 |
| Died | 19 May 1970(1970年05月19日) (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse | |
Count August Zamoyski (28 June 1893 – 19 May 1970) was a Polish sculptor, member of groups Bunt and Formiści.
Zamoyski was an author of stone compositions in simplified and geometrised form. His first works were influenced by French cubism and Italian futurism. In 1920s he developed his own, monumental style in which he referred to Classicism. In his last period, Zamoyski was an author of expressive religious works.
Selected works
[edit ]- Ich dwoje (c. 1917)
- Leopold Zborowski portrait (1924)
- Akt (1928)
- Głowa Wierki (1928)
- Frédéric Chopin monument, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1944)
- Assis Chateaubriand monument, São Paulo, Brazil (c. 1950)
References
[edit ]Jerzy Giedroyc, August Zamoyski, Hélène Zamoyska, Listy 1956-1970, oprac. naukowe Agnieszka Papieska, Andrzej Stanisław Kowalczyk, Łódź - Paryż -Warszawa 2024.
- "Zamoyski August". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Archived from the original on 2011年06月07日. Retrieved 2007年11月02日.
- "Zamoyski August". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2006年06月17日. Retrieved 2007年11月02日.
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