Bronislaw Chromy (1925 - 2017 ), Icarus

Patinated bronze, 16 x 36 x 13 cm

Sculptor, medalist, draughtsman, painter, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1994, student of Xawery Dunikowski. After graduating from the High School of Fine Arts, he began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He received his diploma in 1956. He created captivating, intimate sculptures by combining bronze and stone into one fantastic form. His inspiration was always nature with its extraordinary ingenuity of shapes and colors. He was also the author of numerous monumental works, monuments: Pieta Auschwitz (1963), sculpture of the Wawel Dragon (1969), Monument to the Beer Cellar under the Rams (2000).