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Jan Michał, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz[1][2][3][4] (born 1 October 1950), known as Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, is a Polish sculptor,[5][6] process artist[7] and concrete artist.[8] He was born in Gdańsk.[5][6] From 1971 to 1976 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.[5][6] Since 1981, he has been living and working in Hamburg.[5] In 1998, he won the 1st prize, the Prix du Jury, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the 'Salon de Printemps 98', Luxembourg.[5][6][9] In 1999, he created a monument in memory of the deportees of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising for the memorial to the victims of the Neuengamme Nazi concentration camp at Hamburg,[5][6][10][11] in 2012 a memorial for the Nazi forced labourers in Hamburg-Bergedorf.[12][13] He was represented by Galerie Kellermann in Düsseldorf. In 2022 de Weryha-Wysoczański was awarded in Vienna the Golden Owl culture award in the category Visual Arts.[14]

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański
De Weryha-Wysoczański in 2014
Born(1950-10-01)1 October 1950
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Known forSculpture
AwardsPrix du Jury, Salon de Printemps, Luxembourg
Golden Owl
The Wukry coat of arms
The Wukry coat of arms

He comes from an old noble family of Walachian[15] boyar[16] stock and legend has it that his coat of arms is borne by the descendants of Attila the Hun.[17] His only son Rafael is a writer, his uncle Basil was a rich 19th century philanthropist.[1][15] A son of his aunt Anna[18] was composer Yaroslav Yaroslavenko. Another cousin was industrialist, novelist and playwright Bronislas, 3rd Chevalier de Minkowicz-Wysoczański.[19]


Works in museum collections



Sammlung de Weryha


Hamburg is the location of the "Sammlung de Weryha", which is based in the former depository of the palace museum Hamburg-Bergedorf. Most of the collection, composed of works by the artist and supported by a Friends organisation, is permanently being on display in the exhibition rooms.[20]


Exhibitions (selection)





References


  1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412–420, ISBN 978-3-7980-0845-8, OCLC 1570546.
  2. Who is Who in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 7th edition, Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG: Zug 2000, p. 3800, ISBN 3-7290-0030-6, OCLC 436805281.
  3. Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 493, ISBN 978-3-9817243-7-0,OCLC 995606854.
  4. First and middle names plus triple barrelled surname with title of nobility cited in Feuß, Axel, "Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de", Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online, edited by Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff, Berlin, Boston: K. G. Saur, 2009.
  5. Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii (Encyclopedia of the Polish Emigration and of the Poles Abroad), Toruń 2005, vol V, pp. 234–5, ISBN 83-89376-15-6, OCLC 315323037.
  6. Polak w świecie. Leksykon Polonii i Polaków za granicą (The Pole in the World, Encyclopedia of the Polish Living Abroad), Warsaw 2001, p. 336, ISBN 83-223-2693-9, OCLC 47863843.
  7. Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood – Orońsko 2006, Orońsko: Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Polish Sculpture Centre 2006, p. 6, ISBN 8389327376, OCLC 957590173.
  8. Daniel Spanke, Strenges Holz. Heiner Szamida, Helga Weihs, Jan de Weryha, Bielefeld 2004, p. 7, ISBN 3-936848-05-X, OCLC 1049130586.
  9. Kürschners Handbuch der Bildenden Künstler. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Munich 2005, vol II, p. 864, ISBN 3-598-24734-6.
  10. Taz Hamburg, 27 April 1999.
  11. Hamburger Abendblatt, 27 April 1999.
  12. Bild, 22 September 2012.
  13. Hamburger Morgenpost, 22 September 2012.
  14. Beata Dżon-Ozimek, Każda nagroda dowodzi, że spośród bardzo wielu zauważamy jedynie tak niewielu. Zamiast Gali Złotych Sów, Angora-Peryskop, no 16 (17 IV 2022), p. 76.
  15. Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 487, ISBN 978-3-9817243-7-0, OCLC 995606854.
  16. Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 1, ISBN 978-1785891618, OCLC 956765261.
  17. Kasper Niesiecki, Herbarz Polski, vol IX, Leipzig 1841, pp. 447-9.
  18. Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 498, ISBN 978-3-9817243-7-0,OCLC 995606854.
  19. Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 4, ISBN 978-1785891618, OCLC 956765261.
  20. Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 46, ISBN 978-1785891618, OCLC 956765261.
  21. "Kunst Schaffen". Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg. 2021.

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На других языках

[de] Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (* 1950 in Gdańsk) ist ein polnisch-deutscher[1] Bildhauer und Vertreter der Prozesskunst[2] sowie der Konkreten Kunst. Er entstammt dem polnischen Adelsgeschlecht Wysoczański, ist der Sohn eines Polen und einer Deutschen. Seine Großmutter väterlicherseits war Österreicherin.[3]
- [en] Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański

[es] Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (Gdansk, Polonia, 1950), desde 1981 vive en Hamburgo/Alemania. Representante de arte concreto.

[fr] Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański est un sculpteur polonais né en 1950 à Gdańsk, représentant de l'art concret.

[it] Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (Danzica, 1950) è uno scultore polacco.

[ru] Верига-Высочанский, Ян де

Ян де Верига-Высочанский (польск. Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, род. 1950 г. Гданьск) — современный польский скульптор, работающий в области конкретного искусства.


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