Description
Bronze, height 32 cm
Signed: Rom. Zerych / 1933 / II
Sculpture in art deco style
Romuald ZERYCH 1888 Warsaw - 1964 Warsaw
Polish sculptor. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Xawery Dunikowski. In 1914-1918 he fought in the Russian army, falling into German captivity at Tannenberg. In the interwar period he devoted himself to sculpting, and was the author of, among other things, a monument to deceased prisoners of war in Budziszyn. a monument to Eliza Orzeszkowa in Grodno and her bust carved in wood, a monument-tablet dedicated to General Sowiński in Warsaw and numerous tombstones in Warsaw cemeteries. From 1929 he belonged to the Zwornik Association of Artists. In the 1950s, he was also a member of Prof. Stanislaw Jagmin's sculpture team, and took part in the rescue and reconstruction of antique statues including park sculptures from the Saski Garden in Warsaw.
Asking price 7000
Estimate 9000 - 10000
Auction 206, 9.10.2021
