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Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.
Samp was born in the Free City of Danzig, (today Gdańsk, Poland). He graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Platycznych in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artistic study in the city. He specializes in Pomeranian-Kashubian, marine and sacral graphics.
His main projects include:
monuments:
Tym co za polskośc Gdańska, Gdańsk
Czynu partyzanckiego kolejarzy, Czarna Woda
Józef Wybicki, Kościerzyna
Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
Stefan Wyszyński, Gniezno Cathedral
Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania, Gdańsk
Izydor Gulgowski and Teodora Gulgowska, Wdzydze
Jerzy Popiełuszko, St. Brigid basilic in Gdańsk
memorial plates:
Józef Wrycza, Wiele and Zblewo
bishop Konstantyn Dominik, Swarzewo
primate Stefan Wyszyński, Stoczek
Józef Wybicki, patron of a high-school in Gdańsk-Orunia
Loen Roppel, Luzino
Florian Ceynowa, Wejherowo hospital
Polish Kings Coronations, Gniezno cathedral
Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
Pope John Paul II, New Port in Gdańsk
bishop W. Pluta, Gorzów Wielkopolski
bishop Józef Drzazga, Olsztyn
Jozef Wilczek, Luzino
medals and medallions:
27 medals of Dukes of Pomerania
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
^ "Po raz 33. wręczono nagrody imienia świętego Brata Alberta" (in Polish). Polskie Radio. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
^ Polish Libraries Today. Biblioteka Narodowa. 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 10 April 2011.