Antoni Kurzawa (1842 Turza near Gorlice - 1898 Kraków), Sower ("In God's Name," "Peasant-Sower").

bronze, marble, height of sculpture itself: 30 cm total height: 38.5 cm signature: "A.Kurzawa" foundry mark: "BR.ŁOPIEŃSCY WARSZAWA". inscription: "IN THE IMAGE OF GOD".

The presented sculpture was preceded by a plaster sketch of the head made in 1892-1894, during a stay in Korytnica (near Ryk) on the estate of Michał Turoboyski. It is most likely that a life-size plaster version of the "Sower" was exhibited at the Zachęta Gallery in 1892-94 (it has not survived).

(...) The originality, expressive power and "electric spark" of his talent created Kurzawa's works" Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1851-1915)
"Of my predecessors, only the unlamented, wasted Kurzawa had his own strong temperament" Ksawery Dunikowski [in:] Kurzawa Antoni, M.Domański, Słownik Artystów polskich i obych w Polsce działających (zmarłych przed 1966 r.). Painters, sculptors, graphic artists, vol. 4, p. 392,3