Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist. Samp was born in Danzig,

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (; ) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrou ...

(present-day

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artistic study in the city. He specializes in

Pomerania Pomerania ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian Voivod ...

Kashubia Kashubia or Cassubia ( or ; ; or ) is an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland. It is inhabited by the Kashubian people, and many in the region have historically spoken the Kashubian langua ...

n, marine and sacral graphics.

Projects

His main projects include: * monuments: ** ''Tym co za polskośc Gdańska'', Gdańsk ** ''Czynu partyzanckiego kolejarzy'',

Czarna Woda Czarna Woda is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 2,735 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within Pomerania. The town's name translates to "Black ...

** '' Józef Wybicki'',

Kościerzyna Kościerzyna (; Pomeranian language, Pomeranian and ; former ) is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with 23,327 inhabitants as of June 2023. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship si ...

** Pope ''John Paul II'',

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

** ''

Stefan Wyszyński Stefan Wyszyński (3 August 1901 – 28 May 1981) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948. He was created a ...

'',

Gniezno Cathedral The Royal Gniezno Cathedral (The Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Shrine of St. Adalbert, ) is a Brick Gothic cathedral located in the historic city of Gniezno that served as the coronation place for ...

** '' Świętopełk the Great Monument'', Gdańsk ** Izydor Gulgowski and Teodora Gulgowska, Wdzydze **

Jerzy Popiełuszko Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947 – 19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three ...

, St. Brigid basilic in Gdańsk * memorial plates: ** Józef Wrycza, Wiele and

Zblewo Zblewo is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Zblewo. It lies approximately west of Starogard Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethno ...

** bishop

Konstantyn Dominik Konstantyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hanna, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-west of Hanna, north-west of Włodawa, and nort ...

, Swarzewo ** primate

, ** Józef Wybicki, patron of a high-school in Gdańsk- Orunia ** Loen Roppel,

Luzino Luzino is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Luzino. It lies approximately south-west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital ...

Florian Ceynowa Florian Stanisław Ceynowa ( Kashubian ''Florión Cenôwa'') (May 4, 1817 – March 26, 1881) was a doctor, political activist, writer, and linguist. He was a pioneer of the nationalist movement among the Kashubian people in the mid-19th centur ...

Wejherowo Wejherowo (; formerly ) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a city in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

hospital ** Polish Kings Coronations,

Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...

cathedral ** Pope John Paul II, Gdynia ** Pope John Paul II, New Port in Gdańsk ** bishop W. Pluta,

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** bishop Józef Drzazga,

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

** Jozef Wilczek,

* medals and medallions: ** 27 medals of

Dukes of Pomerania This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania. Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania) The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th and 11th centuries. Non-dynastic ...

** 650-years of NMP basilic in Gdańsk ** Srebrna Tabakieta Abrahama ** Cech Piekarzy i Cukierników in Gdańsk ** 400-years of Gdańsk Library of PAN ** 40-years of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association Publications: * L. Bądkowski, W. Samp, ''Poczet książąt Pomorza Gdańskiego'', Gdańsk 1974 Awards: * Medal Stolema, 1974 * Złoty Krzyż Zasługi * Zasłuzonym Ziemi Gdańskiej * Złoty Medal Prymasowski ''Zasłużony w posłudze dla Kościoła i Narodu'' * Nadgoda Miasta Gdańska

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20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors 1939 births Living people People from the Free City of Danzig Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk alumni {{Poland-sculptor-stub