Alfons Karny (14 November 1901 – 14 August 1989) was a Polish

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He created

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s and busts which included celebrities such as

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, Ignacy Paderewski,

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, also, he predominantly used

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and

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

for creating his works. Because of

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...

, his works was destroyed in 5 years between 1939 and 1944. His work named as ''Girl With A Jumping Rope'' was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

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* 1901 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors 20th-century male artists Olympic competitors in art competitions People from Białystok {{Poland-sculptor-stub