{"id":811,"date":"2021-08-19T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T10:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/dev\/?post_type=object&#038;p=811"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:37:21","slug":"zespol-6-rzezb-plenerowych-alfonsa-losowskiego","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/zespol-6-rzezb-plenerowych-alfonsa-losowskiego\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of six outdoor sculptures by Alfons \u0141osowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique: <\/strong>sculpture, black, grey, and red granite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> from approx. 70 cm to approx. 140 cm (height)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object:<\/strong> Originally, the group consisted of seven sculptures. Currently six remain, one only partially. The sculptures are: \u201cAbstraction\u201d (granite), \u201cMotherhood\u201d (red granite), \u201cWoman in a dark scarf\u201d and \u201cPortrait of a fisherwoman\u201d (black granite), two sculptures entitled \u201cComposition\u201d (red and grey granite) and \u201cConcord\u201d (grey granite). The sculptures are an example of the author\u2019s distinct style: the form is synthetic and compact, with the chisel\u2019s moves at times drastic, but not destructive, emphasising the structure and roughness of the material. The sculptures\u2019 form fits in with broader trends visible in post-war modernist sculptures, which sometimes sought inspiration from prehistoric works or ethnic art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place:<\/strong> The group of outdoor sculptures on Wodop\u00f3j Street is the only one remaining in its original location. The square was laid out in the 1960s along Wodop\u00f3j Street, which before the war was lined with timbered houses of the city\u2019s poor. One such house remains to this day. On the west side, the square is enclosed by the Technologist House building, from the north by the Mercure Hotel (formerly Heweliusz), whose hall used to be decorated with three wooden sculptures by Alfons \u0141osowski. Their current location is unknown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author:\u00a0<\/strong>Alfons \u0141osowski (04 Jan 1908\u201327 Jun 1988). Born in Orkiewicze in the Novogrudok region (currently in Belarus). He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the S. B\u00e1thory University in Vilnius under the supervision of Prof. Kuna, Mikenas and Aleksandrowicz.<\/p>\n<p>During the war, he was a Home Army soldier of the Vilnius district. After the war, he settled in Gda\u0144sk. Until 1955, he was working on reconstructing sculptures as part of the Gda\u0144sk Old Town restoration. He brought back to life sculptures decorating many fa\u00e7ades 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.<\/p>\n<p>He authored several outdoor sculptures within the Gda\u0144sk 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object: <\/strong>good<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>\u201cAbstraction\u201d and \u201cMotherhood\u201d sculptures: deposit of the author\u2019s heirs; others: the city of Gda\u0144sk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry<\/strong>: Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique: sculpture, black, grey, and red granite Dimensions: from approx. 70 cm to approx. 140 cm (height) Object: Originally, the group consisted of seven sculptures. Currently six remain, one only partially. 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