Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.[1]

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

Monument to the Poles who died for the Gdansk Polishness in German prisons, concentration camps and other places of execution in 1939–1945.

His main projects include:

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

References

  1. "Po raz 33. wręczono nagrody imienia świętego Brata Alberta" (in Polish). Polskie Radio. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. Polish Libraries Today. Biblioteka Narodowa. 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 10 April 2011.


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