Franciszek Strynkiewicz (September 15, 1893 – November 20, 1996) was a Polish sculptor. He submitted some of his work into an unknown category of the

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and the "Statues" category of the

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, but did not win a medal. Born in 1893 in

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, he began sculpting during his childhood as a way to entertain himself without toys. He moved to

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in 1905 and began studying at the Society for Educational Courses in 1914. He served as a member of the

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during

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and through 1920, at which point he began working in a laboratory at the State Epidemic Center in Warsaw. He entered the

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in 1923, taking night classes so as not to lose his job. During the period from 1927 until the onset of

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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.

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* 1893 births 1996 deaths Polish men centenarians Polish male sculptors Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics Art competitors at the 1948 Summer Olympics Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni 20th-century Polish sculptors Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-sculptor-stub