{"id":4017,"date":"2022-12-30T20:21:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&p=4017"},"modified":"2022-12-30T20:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:21:31","slug":"grass-goddess-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/grass-goddess-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass Goddess – sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technique: <\/strong>cast bronze<\/p>\n

Dimensions:<\/strong> 160 cm (H)<\/p>\n

Object:<\/strong> This representational sculpture depicts a standing woman wearing a long, tight-fitting dress. The statue was made in the cast bronze technique. It has a shiny gold surface, with visible details of the dress: folds of the fabric, buttons and a pointed bonnet. The life-size figure is slender, her facial features convey the individual characteristics of the model. The woman is depicted in a static manner, slightly hunched, with outstretched arms. The sculpture was created in 1977 and acquired by the National Museum in Gda\u0144sk in the same year. Since 1977, Grass Goddess <\/em>has formed part of the open-air sculpture exhibition at the Oliwa Park. It was stolen in the 1990s and removed from the list of NMG\u2019s exhibits in 1996.<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> Until the 1990s, the sculpture was integrated into the natural landscape of the northern part of the Adam Mickiewicz Park in Oliwa. It formed part of the permanent outdoor exhibition of the Gallery of Contemporary Gda\u0144sk Sculpture from the collection of the National Museum in Gda\u0144sk, created on the initiative of the Museum, the District Board of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) and the City Council. The gallery, showcasing works by artists from different generations, was officially opened on 30 March 1976.<\/p>\n

Information about the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alfred Wi\u015bniewski (b. 1916 in Rogozin, d. 2011 in Sopot) studied at the State School of Decorative Arts and Artistic Industry in Pozna\u0144 (present-day University of the Arts) at the Faculty of Sculpture and Bronze Work. Between 1946 and 1950, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw as an extramural student. He graduated in 1950 from Prof. Franciszek Strynkiewicz\u2019s studio. Between 1947 and 1952, he worked at the State School of Visual Arts in Pozna\u0144, between 1953 and 1983, at the Faculty of Sculpture of the State High School of Visual Arts (PWSSP) in Gda\u0144sk \u2013 the present-day Academy of Fine Arts. He was the university\u2019s deputy vice-chancellor in 1954-1960. He took part in the reconstruction of sculptural elements of the historic architecture of Gda\u0144sk\u2019s G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto. He worked with sculpture, ceramics and medallic art. He created the Monument to Greater Poland Insurgents 1918\u20131919 <\/em>in Pozna\u0144. The artist\u2019s works are held at the National Museums in Pozna\u0144, Warsaw and Gda\u0144sk and the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object:<\/strong> no object, the sculpture is lost<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Until it was stolen, the sculpture belonged to the National Museum in Gda\u0144sk.<\/p>\n

Author of the entry:<\/strong> Andrzej Zagrobelny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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