{"id":877,"date":"2021-08-27T19:38:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/dev\/?post_type=object&#038;p=877"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:37:20","slug":"group-of-four-sculptures-in-the-orunia-park","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/group-of-four-sculptures-in-the-orunia-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of four sculptures in the Orunia Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique<\/strong>: sculpture, black, pink and grey granite<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: from 100 to 200 cm (height)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object<\/strong>: The group consists of four granite sculptures, which were placed in the park at the end of its revitalisation in 1974\u201379. 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place:<\/strong> The sculptures are located in the historic, third largest city park in Gda\u0144sk, 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-\u015aw. Wojciech\u2013Lipce\u00a0and\u00a0Orunia G\u00f3rna\u2013Gda\u0144sk Po\u0142udnie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author: <\/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:<\/strong> city of Gda\u0144sk, Gda\u0144sk Road and Greenery Authority<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry:<\/strong> Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u201379. The sculptures themselves were made a few years earlier. The titles of individual sculptures are not known. They depict: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":321,"template":"","object_cats":[39],"districts":[59],"object_authors":[55],"class_list":["post-877","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","object_cat-sculpture","obj_district-orunia-2","object_author-kora-kowalska-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/object"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}