Group of four sculptures in the Orunia Park

Technique: sculpture, black, pink and grey granite

Dimensions: from 100 to 200 cm (height)

Object: The group consists of four granite sculptures, which were placed in the park at the end of its revitalisation in 1974–79. The sculptures themselves were made a few years earlier. The titles of individual sculptures are not known. They depict: a synthetic take on an elephant/mammoth (black granite) on a pedestal, a male bust (pink granite), a stylised human head (grey granite), and a figure of a mermaid (grey granite). All four sculptures were moved from place to place across the Park, through years.

Place: The sculptures are located in the historic, third largest city park in Gdańsk, which is, at the same time, the largest of its historic parks. It is situated over the Orunia stream, on the border between the following districts: Orunia-Św. Wojciech–Lipce and Orunia Górna–Gdańsk Południe.

Information about the author: Alfons Łosowski (04 Jan 1908–27 Jun 1988). Born in Orkiewicze in the Novogrudok region (currently in Belarus). He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the S. Báthory University in Vilnius under the supervision of Prof. Kuna, Mikenas and Aleksandrowicz.

During the war, he was a Home Army soldier of the Vilnius district. After the war, he settled in Gdańsk. Until 1955, he was working on reconstructing sculptures as part of the Gdańsk Old Town restoration. He brought back to life sculptures decorating many façades of the most famous tenement houses, all based on modest, surviving photographic documentation. In 1955, he started independent creative work in his studio at 11/13 Mariacka Street.

He authored several outdoor sculptures within the Gdańsk area, which he donated to the city in 1966, as well as many sculptures in public buildings in Poland, in museums and private collections. Granite and wood were his primary working materials. He created a distinctive style that combined organic form with a natural stone texture.

Condition of the object: good

Owner: city of Gdańsk, Gdańsk Road and Greenery Authority

Author of the entry: Kora Kowalska