Andrzej Pitynski (15 March 1947, Ulanów – 18 September 2020,

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) was a Polish-American monumental

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 ...

who lived and worked in the United States. A book of his works was published in 2008.

Work

The Partisans

In January, 2006, his ''Partisans'' (1979) was removed from the corner of Beacon and Charles streets on the

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, where it had stood since 1983. Although it was originally destined for

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, the work – which depicts guerrilla Polish freedom fighters in World War II – was not welcomed in

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at that time. On September 6, 2006, the work was moved to the MBTA's Silver-Line World Trade Center Station on the South Boston waterfront. It was permanently relocated to the center median of D Street, at the intersection with Congress Street, on November 17, 2018. Describing his "Partisans" Pitynski said, that he dedicated this monument to all "Fighters for Freedom in the World", and used Polish Partisans as an example.

Katyn Memorials

Pitynski has worked on a number of works remembering the

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including the Katyn Memorial which stands in Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey and the National Katyń Memorial which stands in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore.

Volhynian slaughter memorial

The memorial to the victims of the Volhynian slaughter, commissioned by the Polish Army Veterans' Association in America, designed by Andrzej Pityński in 2017, after casting in bronze will be erected in the National Memory Park in

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, Poland.

Andrzej Pitynski on monuments

References

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The Partisans in Boston, An Epilogue
Doomed Soldiers 1944–1963, The Untold Story 1947 births 2020 deaths Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors {{Poland-sculptor-stub