Franciszek Strynkiewicz
Illustration — Franciszek Strynkiewicz Franciszek Strynkiewicz (September 15, 1893 – November 20, 1996) was a Polish sculptor. He submitted some of his work into an unknown category of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the "Statues" category of the art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal. Franciszek Strynkiewicz was born in 1893 in Mogielnica, he began sculpting during his childhood as a way to entertain himself without toys.
Franciszek Strynkiewicz
nieznany/unknown · Warszawski Kalendarz Ilustrowany 1961, Wydawnictwo Warszawskiego Tygodnika "Stolica", Warszawa 1960, p. 84 · Public domain
- Born
- Franciszek Strynkiewicz was born on 15 September 1893. · Mogielnica.
- Died
- Franciszek Strynkiewicz died on 20 November 1996. · Ząbki.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Fields
- art of sculpture.
- Education
- School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Academy of Fine Arts and Warsaw.
- Honours
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Cross of Independence, Gold Cross of Merit, Work Flag Order, 1st class and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Illustration — Franciszek Strynkiewicz Franciszek Strynkiewicz (September 15, 1893 – November 20, 1996) was a Polish sculptor. He submitted some of his work into an unknown category of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the "Statues" category of the art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal. Franciszek Strynkiewicz was born in 1893 in Mogielnica, he began sculpting during his childhood as a way to entertain himself without toys.
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He moved to Warsaw in 1905 and began studying at the Society for Educational Courses in 1914. He served as a member of the Polish Land Forces during World War I and through 1920, at which point he began working in a laboratory at the State Epidemic Center in Warsaw. He entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1923, taking night classes so as not to lose his job. During the period from 1927 until the onset of World War II he exhibited his sculptures across Europe, but he spent the conflict itself as a civilian prisoner of war in work camps. Following the war, in 1946, Strynkiewicz was appointed a professor at the academy. He died in November 1996, in Warsaw, at the age of 103.
Franciszek Strynkiewicz studied at School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz is recorded as having studied under Franciszek Strynkiewicz. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. Distinctions recorded are Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Cross of Independence, Gold Cross of Merit and Work Flag Order, 1st class.
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Franciszek Strynkiewicz was born at Mogielnica.
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Franciszek Strynkiewicz died at Ząbki.
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