{"id":1034,"date":"2021-08-31T15:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/dev\/?post_type=object&p=1034"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:38:10","slug":"sgraffito-on-the-building-of-the-institute-of-fluid-flow-machines-gdansk-university-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/sgraffito-on-the-building-of-the-institute-of-fluid-flow-machines-gdansk-university-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Sgraffito on the building of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machines, Gda\u0144sk University of Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technique: <\/strong>mixed, sgraffito and fresco<\/p>\n

Dimensions \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Object:<\/strong> The composition was made on the fa\u00e7ades of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machines building of the Gda\u0144sk University of Technology using a mixed technique, sgraffito and fresco. The concept was authored and implemented by Kazimierz \u201cKachu\u201d Ostrowski, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk. The decoration is an example of abstract art in the artist\u2019s typical painting style, inspired to a certain extent by the paintings of Fernand L\u00e9ger. It was renovated in 2006, when the original colour palette was changed. On the auditorium fa\u00e7ade, the decoration is in pastel colours, against a grey-blue background. The back decoration features a contrasting palette, with the background\u2019s dark brown as the dominant colour.<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> The sgraffito are located on three sides of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machine\u2019s auditorium\u2019 fa\u00e7ade, as well as on the building\u2019s back wall. This modernist building was designed by the architect Bogdan Wciorka.<\/p>\n

About the author:<\/strong> Kazimierz Ostrowski (born in 1917 in Berlin, died in 1999 in Gdynia) moved to Gdynia in 1934. Together with his brother Zygmunt, they painted signs and ship names (incl. \u201cKo\u015bciuszko\u201d, \u201cBatory\u201d). After the war ended in 1945, he reported together with his father and two brothers to the City Hall in Gdynia, where they received the task of changing street names and signs on the buildings of offices and institutions. In 1946, he began studying painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts (PWSSP) in Sopot in the studio of Prof. Artur Nacht-Samborski and Prof. Jacek \u017bu\u0142awski (receiving his diploma in 1952). In 1949, he received a scholarship from the French government to study in Paris and became an apprentice to the famous French painter Fernand L\u00e9ger. In 1950, he returned to Gdynia and married Halina Krywald, with whom he had two children. In the 1964\u201387 period he lectured at the easel painting studio of the State Academy of Fine Arts (PWSSP) in Gda\u0144sk. He was awarded the title of associate professor in October 1981. Between 1981 and 1984 he held the position of the deputy dean of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts. His paintings have been presented at 60 individual and collective exhibitions. He developed his own abstract painting style. He is the author of the mosaic at the Musical Theatre in Gdynia, he worked on the decorations of tenement houses during the reconstruction of Gda\u0144sk and was the author of interior designs for public spaces, e.g. the famous Gda\u0144sk Delicatessen. Students adored him and he gained the status of a legendary figure of the Gda\u0144sk art scene.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object: <\/strong>renovated<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>Gda\u0144sk University of Technology<\/p>\n

Author of the entry: Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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