Wawrzyniec Samp

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

File:POL województwo pomorskie COA.svg

Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship

File:Gdanskmemorial.jpg

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:

• 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, 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