Bronze, height 38 cm
Signed: ST. SIKORA 1937
Stanislaw SIKORA
1911 Stryszawa - 2000 Warsaw
He received the basics of his artistic education at the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane. In Warsaw, with which he became associated for the rest of his life, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. An important area of Sikora's activity was medal making. His favorite materials included, besides wood, marble, bronze, granite and ceramics. His works were repeatedly exhibited and awarded at home and abroad. Among other awards, the artist won First Prize and Gold Medal in the prestigious international competition in Arezzo in 1965, Grand Prix at the International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture for the Grand Prize of Prince Rainer III in Monte Carlo. He is also the author of monuments, including the Murdered at Mautthausen, the Swiatowid in Copenhagen and the composition "Poland" in London, as well as statuesque sculptures: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Nicolaus Copernicus, Fryderyk Chopin and Maria Skłodowska- Curie. Among the extremely successful are the artist's gravestone monuments, which complemented the monumental monumental sculpture. Among them it is worth mentioning those created for Tadeusz Kulisiewicz, Stanislaw Dygat or Stefan Jaracz.
Asking price 16500
Estimate 20000 - 25000
