Bronisław Chromy (3 June 1925 – 4 October 2017) 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 ...

, medalist,

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

, and draughtsman, and a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

at the

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public higher education, institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Polish fine art academy, established in 1 ...

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. Chromy was a Member of the

Polish Academy of Learning The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Po ...

. He was born at

Leńcze Leńcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-we ...

near

Lanckorona Lanckorona is a village located south-west of Kraków in Lesser Poland. It lies on the Skawinka river, among the hills of the Beskids, above sea level. It is known for the Lanckorona Castle, today in ruins. Lanckorona is also known for the ...

in 1925, he was educated at the Secondary School of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in

, graduating in 1956. He was a student of

Xawery Dunikowski Xawery Dunikowski (; 24 December 1875 – 26 January 1964) was a Polish sculptor and artist, notable for surviving Auschwitz concentration camp, and best known for his Neo-Romantic sculptures and Auschwitz-inspired art. Biography Dunikowski wa ...

Works

* Wawel Dragon statue * Commemorative plaque, placed on the Długosz House

References

External links

Bronislaw Chromy Gallery
1925 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century male artists Polish draughtsmen 20th-century medallists 21st-century medallists Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors People from Wadowice County Polish male painters Recipients of the Medal of the 40th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-artist-stub