Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła (born 1 November 1931) is an artist, sculptor and academic. He is an author of numerous monuments, mostly located in

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, and is one of the most recognisable sculptors of Poland.

Biography

Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła was born on 1 November 1931, in the village of

Jasienica Rosielna Jasienica Rosielna is a village in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jasienica Rosielna. It lies approximately north-west of Brzozów and south ...

, now located in the

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. From 1952 to 1958 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland. In 1958 he was appointed as a professor there teaching sculpture. In 1964, he was appointed as the university director, and from 1973 to 1976 he was the

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. Since 2003, he has been a member of the

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, and since 2006, a member of the programme council of the National Creative Work Centre foundation. Zamła is the creator of many monuments, including the Monument of Silesian Insurgents (

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 ...

, 1967), Monument of the Fallen Undefeated (

, 1973), Monument to the Polish Endeavour (

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, 1979), Monument of the Decalogue (

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 ...

, 1995), Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument (Warsaw, 1998),

Ernest Malinowski Monument The Ernest Malinowski Monument is a sculpture located at the highest point of the Ticlio, a mountain pass in the Department of Lima, Peru, within the Chicla District. It is dedicated to Ernest Malinowski, an engineer who designed the Ferrocarril ...

(

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, 1999), and Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino (Warsaw, 1999). He is also the author of numerous sculptures.

Works

Awards and orders

* Golden Honorary Badge of Merid of Warsaw (Poland, 1970) * First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (Poland, 1973) * First Degree State Award Badge (Poland, 1980) * Commander's Cross with Star of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

(Poland, 1996) * Grand Cross of the

(Poland, 2011) * Medal of Merit of the City of Szczecin (Poland, 2012) * Commander's Cross of the

(Poland) * Grand Officer's Order of Metit (

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) * Honorary Badge of Pomeranian Griffin (Poland) * Order of Merit for Distinguished Services (

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

)

References

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