Gerard Grzywaczyk

Gerard Grzywaczyk, 2018

Gerard Grzywaczyk (born April 30, 1941 in Piekary Śląskie ) is a Polish artist and sculptor.

education

In 1961 he graduated from the State High School of Plastic Arts in Katowice . In 1968 he finished his studies at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow .

He lives with his wife Elisabeth in Katowice . His son, Wojciech Grzywaczyk, is also a successful sculptor. Gerard Grzywaczyk is the son of Josef Grzywaczyk, who was born in Recklinghausen.

Participation in exhibitions

Foreign exhibitions

• 1971: as part of the Katowice ZPAP in the international art salon in Paris
• 1977: Exhibition of the Paris Academy of Artists of Central Europe (single silver medal)
• 1999: Ózd (Hungary)
• 2001: Termoli and Rome (Italy)
• 2007: Iserlohn and Remagen (Germany)

National exhibitions

• 1969, 1971: 2nd and 3rd all-Polish exhibition of young sculptures in Krakow (medal and prize - 1-year artistic grant from the Minister of Culture)
• 2001: Gallery Opole
• 2002: Kolberg Gallery
• 2003: Old Cordegardie Warsaw

Solo exhibitions

• 2006: retrospective exhibition on the 40th anniversary of artistic activity in the municipal art gallery in Königshütte
• 2011: Museum of the Archdiocese of Katowice - Gallery of Modern Art "Fra Angelico"

Important work

• Reliefs in the entrance gate of the Königshütte cultural center
• Tomb of the soldiers "September" in Königshütte
• Fountain installation with sculpture in the “Skałka” park in Świętochłowice
• in the Silesian Sculpture Gallery in the Silesian Park the sculpture "Siedząca - zastygła w kamieniu" (The Seated Woman - Frozen in the Stone)
• “Szum wiatru” (the rush of wind) in the Katowice Forest Park
• Chapel of St. Barbara in the Christ the King Cathedral in Katowice with a patron saint
• Epitafium for the miners of the “Wujek” mine and all others who died underground
• Bust of Wojciech Korfanty with memorial plaques, including the special Silesians
• Group of figures in the facade of the chapel of the city cemetery in Katowice
• Monument to the heroic scouts of Königshütte - 1939–1945
• Memorial plaques for Wojciech Korfanty in the Cathedral of St. Jan in Warsaw and in the cathedral in Prague
• Copy of the Berlin E. Mitscherlich monument by E. Hartzer from 1894 for the residents of the city of Jever
• Monument to the Jewish population in Königshütte
• many sacred sculptures (among others in the churches of St. Florian and St. Herbert)
• as well as many other memorial plaques, sculptures, busts and medals

Awards

• Silver Cross of Merit
• Königshütte Juliusz Ligon Medal
• Prize of the President of the City of Königshütte in the field of art

Web links

• Poczet Chorzowian - Gerard Grzywaczyk