Mieczyslaw Handerek (1930-2018), Mask, 2000

sculpture, wood / 82 x 55 x 22 cm
ORIGIN:
private collection
creator

Mieczyslaw Hańderek was born December 10, 1930 in Biala. Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, he received his diploma in 1962 in the studio of Prof. Konrad Srzednicki. He is known primarily as a sculptor, although he was also active as a painter and graphic artist. He is the author of many completed sculptural projects, including monuments related to the 1939 Defense War. He held an important position as a maker of altars or church decorations.