Barbara Zbrożyna

Barbara Zbrożyna (1923–1995) was a Polish sculptor, author of figural sculptures, monuments, portraits, religious and sepulchral sculptures. Her style evolved from realism through the synthetic simplifications, expressive and metaphoric deformation, to abstraction. She was also a painter, drawer and poet. Awarded for achievements in arts by Solidarność (1984, 1989), awarded the Prize of Brat Albert Chmielowski (1986) and Prize of Polcul Foundation (1991).

Biography

Barbara Zbrożyna was born on September 1, 1923 in Lublin. She studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków at Xawery Dunikowski (1945–1947) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at Franciszek Strynkiewicz (1947–1952). In the years of 1951–1954 he participated in reconstruction of monumental sculptures in Warsaw. In 1976 she signed Letter of 59, an open letter signed by 66 Polish intellectuals who protested against the changes of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland.

She died on December 15, 1995 in Warsaw.

Works

She was an author of sepulchral sculptures of Xawery Dunikowski (1966), Stanisław Herbst (1974), Artur Sandauer and Erna Rosenstein (1989), figural sculptures, monuments, portraits, and religious sculptures.

References

* cite book
last = Leśniewska
first = Anna Maria
title = Barbara Zbrożyna Rzeźba
year = 2006
publisher = Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej
location = Orońsko
language = Polish
isbn = 83-85901-62-0
* cite web
title = Zbrożyna Barbara
work = Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url = http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000852
language = Polish
publisher = Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
accessdate = 2008-01-23
* cite web
title = Zbrożyna Barbara
work = WIEM Encyklopedia
url = http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/61346,,,,zbrozyna_barbara,haslo.html
language = Polish
accessdate = 2008-01-23
* cite web
url = http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/kraj/1,34311,138082.html
title = Zbrożyna, Barbara (1923-1995)
date=1995-12-18
work = Gazeta.pl
language = Polish
accessdate = 2008-01-23