Barbara Zbrożyna

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Barbara Zbrożyna (1923–1995) was a Polish sculptor, author of figural sculptures, monuments, portraits, religious and sepulchral sculptures. Her style evolved from realism through the synthetic simplifications, expressive and metaphoric deformation, to abstraction. She was also a painter, drawer and poet. Awarded for achievements in arts by Solidarność (1984, 1989), awarded the Prize of Brat Albert Chmielowski (1986) and Prize of Polcul Foundation (1991).

[edit] Biography

Barbara Zbrożyna was born on September 1, 1923 in Lublin. She studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków at Xawery Dunikowski (1945–1947) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at Franciszek Strynkiewicz (1947–1952). In the years of 1951–1954 he participated in reconstruction of monumental sculptures in Warsaw. In 1976 she signed Letter of 59, an open letter signed by 66 Polish intellectuals who protested against the changes of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland.

She died on December 15, 1995 in Warsaw.

[edit] Works

She was an author of sepulchral sculptures of Xawery Dunikowski (1966), Stanisław Herbst (1974), Artur Sandauer and Erna Rosenstein (1989), figural sculptures, monuments, portraits, and religious sculptures.

[edit] References

• Leśniewska, Anna Maria (2006). Barbara Zbrożyna Rzeźba (in Polish). Orońsko: Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej. ISBN 83-85901-62-0. 
• Zbrożyna Barbara (Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
• Zbrożyna Barbara (Polish). WIEM Encyklopedia. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
• Zbrożyna, Barbara (1923-1995) (Polish). Gazeta.pl (1995-12-18). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.