150px, The Wukry coat of arms Jan Michał, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz'' Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser'' XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412–420, , .''Who is Who in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', 7th edition, Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG: Zug 2000, , , .'' Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 493, ,.First and middle names plus triple barrelled surname with title of nobility cited in Feuß, Axel, "Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de", ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online'', edited by Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff, Berlin, Boston: K. G. Saur, 2009. (born 1 October 1950), known as Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, is a Polish sculptor,''Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii (Encyclopedia of the Polish Emigration and of the Poles Abroad)'', Toruń 2005, vol V, pp. 234–5, , .''Polak w świecie. Leksykon Polonii i Polaków za granicą (The Pole in the World, Encyclopedia of the Polish Living Abroad)'', Warsaw 2001, p. 336, , .

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ist''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood – Orońsko 2006'', Orońsko: Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Polish Sculpture Centre 2006, p. 6, , . and

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ist. He was born in

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. From 1971 to 1976 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Since 1981, he has been living and working in

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. In 1998, he won the 1st prize, the Prix du Jury, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the 'Salon de Printemps 98', Luxembourg. In 1999, he created a monument in memory of the deportees of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising for the memorial to the victims of the Neuengamme Nazi

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at Hamburg, in 2012 a memorial for the Nazi forced labourers in

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. He was represented by Galerie Kellermann in

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. In 2022 de Weryha-Wysoczański was awarded in

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the Golden Owl culture award in the category Visual Arts.Beata Dżon-Ozimek, ''Każda nagroda dowodzi, że spośród bardzo wielu zauważamy jedynie tak niewielu. Zamiast Gali Złotych Sów'', ''Angora-Peryskop'', no 16 (17 IV 2022), p. 76. He comes from an old noble family of Walachian'' Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 487, , . boyar Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 1, , . stock and legend has it that his coat of arms is borne by the descendants of

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, ''Herbarz Polski'', vol IX, Leipzig 1841, pp. 447-9. His only son Rafael is a writer, his uncle

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was a rich 19th century philanthropist. A son of his aunt Anna''Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 498, ,. was composer Yaroslav Yaroslavenko. Another cousin was industrialist, novelist and playwright Bronislas, 3rd Chevalier de Minkowicz-Wysoczański.Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 4, , .

Works in museum collections

* Centre of Polish Sculpture,

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, Poland *

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, Poland * Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland

Sammlung de Weryha

Hamburg is the location of the "Sammlung de Weryha", which is based in the former depository of the palace museum Hamburg-Bergedorf. Most of the collection, composed of works by the artist and supported by a Friends organisation, is permanently being on display in the exhibition rooms.Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 46, , .

Exhibitions (selection)

* 1978 ''60th Anniversary of the Greater Poland Uprising in Art'', City Gallery BWA Arsenał,

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* 1989 ''Autumn Salon'', Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg * 1990 ''Germany in Montana'', Gallery of Visual Arts,

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* 1993 ''Selected Art Work from the Federal Republic of Germany and The United States: A Traveling Exhibition'',

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* 1998 ''Spring Salon '98'', Luxembourg Artist Center, Municipal Theater,

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* 2004 ''Strictly Wood. Heiner Szamida, Helga Weihs, Jan de Weryha'', Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven,

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* 2004 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Wooden Cube from the Wooden Cube Series'', Chapel Gallery, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko * 2005 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Epiphanies of Nature in the Late-Modern World'', Szyb Wilson Gallery,

Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

* 2005 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Wood – Archive'', Patio Gallery,

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

* 2006 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood – Orońsko 2006'', Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko * 2006 ''XV International Sculpture Triennial – Sensitivity'', "Zamek" Culture Center, Poznań * 2006 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood'', City Gallery BWA,

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* 2008 ''Alphabet of the Sculpture DEF...'', Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko * 2009 ''Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Tabularium'', Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk * 2009 ''XVI International Sculpture Triennial – Crisis of the Genre'', "Zamek" Culture Center,

* 2010 ''Wood as Sculpture Material'', Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko * 2011 ''Hamburg Art Week 2011'', Chilehaus, Hamburg * 2013 ''NordArt 2013'', Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf * 2013 ''PROJECT BERLIN RELOAD'', FACTORY-ART GALLERY, Berlin * 2015 ''Alphabet of the Sculpture VWZŹ...'', Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko * 2015 ''Mailights 2015: Günther Uecker, Otto Piene, Heinz Mack, Jan de Weryha, Manfred Binzer'', Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf * 2018 ''Wood Sculpture in the Work of Polish Artists 1918-2018'', Władysław Count Zamoyski City Gallery in

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

, among others from the collections of the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, and the State Art Gallery,

Sopot Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...

* 2021 ''Kunst Schaffen'', Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre,

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, with Klaus Fußmann,

Ingo Kühl Ingo Kühl (born 29 June 1953) is a German painter, sculptor and architect. Life Grown up in Bovenau near Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein as a son of a policeman, Ingo Kühl attended the Theodor Storm, Theodor-Storm-Realschule in Hanerau-Hadem ...

among others.

Gallery

File:Hamburg-Pomnik_Polaków_deportowanych_z_Powstania_Warszawskiego.jpg, ''Warsaw Uprising Memorial'' in Hamburg, 1999 File:Mahnmal_Kampdeich_Bergedorf.JPG, ''Memorial for the Nazi forced labourers'' in Hamburg-Bergedorf, 2012 File:Mahnmal Kampdeich Bergedorf, Gedenktafel.JPG, ''Memorial for the Nazi forced labourers'' (detail) in Hamburg-Bergedorf, 2012 File:Sammlung de Weryha, Hamburg - 1.jpg, Sammlung de Weryha in Hamburg housing a permanent exhibition of the works of the artist File:1558vik Gdańskie budynki. Foto Barbara Maliszerwska.jpg, A sculpture on the façade of the English House (left) in Gdańsk was reconstructed by the artist at the beginning of the 1980s

References

Bibliography

* Axel Feuß: ''Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de'', in: '' Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker'' (AKL), vol. 116, Berlin, Boston:

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2022, pp. 2-3, , .

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