Jadwiga Janus (21 October 1931 – 9 March 2019) was a Polish
sculptor.
Biography
Janus was born in
Stadnicka Wola,
Poland. In 1957, she graduated from the
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in
Kraków, under professor
Xawery Dunikowski.
Monuments
*Monument Pogromcom hitleryzmu in
Wieluń, (1966)
*Monument Władysław Żarski in
Piotrków Trybunalski, (1969)
*Monument Martyrologii Dzieci in
Łódź, (1971)
*Monument
Nicolaus Copernicus in
Łódź, (2002)
In collections
*
National Museum, Warsaw.
*
Polish Sculpture Center
The Centre of Polish Sculpture ( pl, Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej) in Orońsko, near Radom, Poland, is a museum housed at Józef Brandt’s 19th-century manor house. The centre's collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms o ...
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*Museum in
Łódź.
*Museum Sztuki Medalierskiej in
Wrocław.
*Museum Leon Wyczółkowski in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
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*Wielkopolskie Muzeum Walk Niepodległościowych.
Film (documentary)
*2005: Inspirations ("Inspiracje") -- as herself
Prizes
*1968: Monument Martyrologii Dzieci
Łódź.- I Prize.
*1973: Monument Czynu Rewolucyjnego in
Łódź. -I Prize.
*1975 monument Bohaterów Walk o Wał Pomorski -Prize
Gallery
Image:Wielun Pogromcom hitleryzmu.JPG, Monument Pogromcom hitleryzmu, 1966, exhibition in Wieluń, Poland
Image:Łódź Pomnik Martyrologii Dzieci.jpg, Monument Martyrologii Dzieci, 1971, exhibition in Łódź, Poland
Image:MG 4662q.jpg, Pęknięte Serce, 1971, exhibition in Łódź, Poland
Image:Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika w Łodzi.jpg, Monument Nicolaus Copernicus, (bronze), 2002, exhibition in Łódź, Poland
References
1931 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Polish women artists
20th-century Polish sculptors
21st-century Polish sculptors
21st-century Polish women artists
21st-century Polish artists
Modern sculptors
Polish women sculptors
Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
20th-century women sculptors
21st-century women sculptors
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