Legend (to Norwid) sculpture

Technique: sculpture, granite

Dimensions: 395 cm (total height)

Object: The monument is an 8-sided polished granite column on a plinth in the form of a truncated pyramid. At the top of the column, resembling its capital, is an abstract granite sculpture. The pedestal features the inscription: “Legend. To Norwid, from the sculpture’s author Alfons Łosowski. Created in 1964“.

Place: The monument stands in a flowerbed in the square on Klonowa Street, near the Cristal Casino and the former House of Crafts.

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, guardian: Gdańsk Road and Greenery Authority

Author of the entry: Kora Kowalska