Ryszard Sroczyński (8 May 1905 – 3 August 1966) was a Polish

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He was a student of

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw () is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw University in the Duchy of Warsaw in 18 ...

where his teacher was Karol Tichy. In 1946 he settled down in

Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...

where he created his work and was an active member of Association of Polish Artists and Designers.''Ryszard Sroczyński 1905-1966''. Bielsko-Biała: Państwowe muzeum w Bielsku-Białej, 1974 Sroczyński lived in Bielsko-Biała until his death on 3 August 1966.

Works

File:Bielsko-Biała, Pomnik Syrenki.jpg, Monument of the Mermaid of Warsaw File:Pomnik Mickiewicza w Bielsku-Białej.jpg, Monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Włókniarzy Park File:Monument - soviet cemetery.Bielsko-Biala.jpg, Monument of Soviet soldier File:St. John Baptist in Komorowice.jpg,

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

References

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