Marian Hess
Illustration — Marian Hess Marian Richard Hess (November 21, 1941 in Polana, Bieszczady County, Poland – September 10, 2010 in Krefeld, Germany) was an ethnographer, sculptor, painter and enthusiast for local legends and traditions. Between 1968 and 1988 he lived and worked in Dwernik near Ustrzyki Dolne. He created the regional legend of Bies and Czads.
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Marian Hess
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- Marian Hess was born on 21 November 1941.
- Died
- Marian Hess died on 10 September 2010. · Krefeld.
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- Poland
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- sculptor · ethnographer · painter · tour guide
- Fields
- ethnography · art of sculpture · art · tour management
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- Zasłużony Działacz Kultury
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — Marian Hess Marian Richard Hess (November 21, 1941 in Polana, Bieszczady County, Poland – September 10, 2010 in Krefeld, Germany) was an ethnographer, sculptor, painter and enthusiast for local legends and traditions. Between 1968 and 1988 he lived and worked in Dwernik near Ustrzyki Dolne. He created the regional legend of Bies and Czads.
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Marian Hess died at Krefeld.
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• Who I am. Between dreaming and waking...; Atut, 2005, • Wo lebt mein Herz: Ein Künstler in den polnischen Karpaten; Fiber Verlag, 2007,
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It was the inspiration of his later works. Around his house was an exhibition of sculptures, which both the scouts and tourists explored. Hess told the visitors about the culture of the region. In 1997 Hess and his wife Jozefa moved to Germany. In 2005 his first book Between dream and waking appeared. In 2007 the book was translated into German. Until his last days he lived in Krefeld in Westfalia and has been creating sculptures inspired by local legend of Gnoms and Kobolds. After a long illness, he died in hospital in Krefeld on September 10, 2010. • Illustration — Marian Hess
• 1984 - deserved an activist culture (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) • 1997 - deserved of Bieszczady Mountains • 2004 (June) - awarded the city Duisburg - Silbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-Nadel
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- 1.Jerzy Wrona; W Bieszczadach (Biblioteczka geograficzna polska); Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne; 1985; s. 7;
- 2.Antoni Kroh; Współczesna rzeźba ludowa Karpat Polskich; Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1979; s. 107;
- 3.Dwerniczek; www.bieszczady.net.pl October 22, 2009
- 4.Silbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-Nadel, www.wedaulink.de [source: October 25, 2009]
- 5.Kim ja jestem, www.gandalf.com.pl [source: October, 22, 2009
- 6.Wo mein Herz lebt, www.fibre-verlag.de October 21, 2009
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