August Zamoyski

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birthdate = Birth date|1893|6|28
location = Jabłoń, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
deathdate = Death date and age|1970|5|19|1893|6|28
deathplace = Saint-Clar-de-Rivière, France
nationality = Polish
field = Sculpture
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August Zamoyski (June 28, 1893 in Jabłoń, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland – May 19, 1970 in Saint-Clar-de-Rivière, France) was a Polish sculptor, member of groups Bunt and Formiści.

Zamoyski was an author of stone compositions in simplified and geometrised form. His first works was influenced by French cubism and Itialian futurism. In 1920s he developed his own, monumental style in which he referred to Classicism. In his last period, Zamoyski was an author of expressive religious works.

elected works

* "Ich dwoje" ("c." 1917)
* Leopold Zborowski portrait (1924)
* "Akt" (1928)
* "Głowa Wierki" (1928)
* Fryderyk Chopin monument, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1944)
* Assis Chateaubriand monument, São Paulo, Brazil ("c." 1950)

References

* cite web
title=Zamoyski August
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000197
accessdate=2007-11-02
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zamoyski August
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/11583,,,,zamoyski_august,haslo.html
accessdate=2007-11-02
language=Polish

Persondata
NAME=Zamoyski, August
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH=June 28, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH=Jabłoń, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
DATE OF DEATH=May 19, 1970
PLACE OF DEATH=Saint-Clar-de-Rivière, France