Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła (born 1 November 1931; ) is an artist, sculptor and academic. He is an author of numerous monuments, mostly located in Poland, and is one of the most recognisable sculptors of Poland.
Biography Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła was born on 1 November 1931, in the village of Jasienica Rosielna, now located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. From 1952 to 1958 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. In 1958 he was appointed as a professor there teaching sculpture. In 1964, he was appointed as the university director, and from 1973 to 1976 he was the prorector.Rocznik Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Kraków 2022, 2021, p. 27. (in Polish)
Since 2003, he has been a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and since 2006, a member of the programme council of the National Creative Work Centre foundation.
Zamła is the creator of many monuments, including the Monument of Silesian Insurgents (Katowice, 1967), Monument of the Fallen Undefeated (Warsaw, 1973), Monument to the Polish Endeavour (Szczecin, 1979), Monument of the Decalogue (Łódź, 1995), Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument (Warsaw, 1998), Ernest Malinowski Monument (Chicla District, 1999), and Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino (Warsaw, 1999). He is also the author of numerous sculptures.
Works Picture Year Title Location 1967 Silesian Insurgents Memorial Katowice, Poland Ewa Chojecka: Sztuka Górnego Śląska od średniowiecza do końca XX wieku. Katowice: Silesian Museum, 2004, pp. 453, 506. ISBN 83-87455-77-6. (in Polish) 1968 Karol Świerczewski Monument Warsaw, Poland Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 663. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish) 1972 Monument to the Victims of the Fort III and World War II Pomiechówek, Poland Przegląd artystyczny. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Sztuki, 1973, p. 75. (in Polish) Władysław Broniewski Monument Płock, Poland 1973 Monument of the Fallen Undefeated Warsaw, Poland 1974 Ludwik Waryński Monument Warsaw, Poland Kronika wydarzeń w Warszawie 1 VII – 30 IX 1974. In: Kronika Warszawy, issue 1(21), p. 151, 1975, Warsaw. (in Polish) 1979 Monument to the Polish Endeavour Szczecin, Poland K. Kozłowski (editor): Pomnik Czynu Polaków. In: Dokument. Szczecin, 1998. ISBN 83-86992-36-0, OCLC 751043447. (in Polish) 1991 John Paul II Monument Kraków, Poland K. S. Ożóg: Miedziany Pielgrzym, Pomniki Jana Pawła II w Polsce w latach 1980-2005, Głogów: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Głogowie, 2007, ISBN 978-83-922114-4-0, OCLC 749432639. (in Polish) 1993 John Paul II Monument Oleszyce, Poland John Paul II Monument Płock, Poland 1994 John Paul II Monument Łomża, Poland 1995 Monument of the Decalogue Łódź, Poland Grzegorz Leśniak: Park Staromiejski w Łodzi jako miejsce pamięci o najbardziej tragicznym okresie w historii miasta. In: Architektura, no. 13, Kraków: Tadeusz Kościuszko Kraków University of Technology, 2010. (in Polish) 1998 Gravestone of Tony Halik at the Bródno Cemetery Warsaw, Poland Jerzy S. Majewski, Tomasz Urzykowski: Spacerownik po warszawskich cmentarzach. Warsaw: Agora, 2009, p. 131. ISBN 978-83-7552-713-1. (in Polish) Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Warsaw, Poland M. Kucharski: Warszawa – Nawigator turystyczny, Warsaw: Carta Blanca. Grupa Wydawnicza PWN, 2009, ISBN 978-83-61444-37-4, OCLC 750576820. (in Polish) John Paul II Monument Montevideo, Uruguay 1999 Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino Warsaw, Poland Ernest Malinowski Monument Chicla District, Department of Lima, Peru 2000 John Paul II Monument at St. Anne Mountain Leśnica, Poland 2005 General Jerzy Ziętek Monument Katowice, Poland 2006 Pope John Paul II Monument Katowice, Poland 2007 Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Monument Toruń, Poland Pope John Paul II Monument Suwałki, Poland 2008 John Paul II Monument at Wawel Kraków, Poland 2010 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Kielce, Poland 2011 Blessed Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko Monument Toruń, Poland 2012 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Toruń, Poland
Awards and orders Golden Honorary Badge of Merid of Warsaw (Poland, 1970)Dziennik Urzędowy Rady Narodowej m.st. Warszawy, no. 3. Warsaw: National Council of Warsaw, 30 April 1970, p. 15. (in Polish) First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (Poland, 1973)Dziennik Polski, no 172 (9145). Warsaw. (in Polish) First Degree State Award Badge (Poland, 1980)Dziennik Polski, no. 156 (11212). Warsaw. (in Polish) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 1996) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 2011) Medal of Merit of the City of Szczecin (Poland, 2012) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Grand Officer's Order of Metit (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) Honorary Badge of Pomeranian Griffin (Poland) Order of Merit for Distinguished Services (Peru)
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