Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.
Samp was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland). 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 Pomeranian-Kashubian, marine and sacral graphics.
Projects
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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
- Świętopełk the Great Monument, 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,
- 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