Tadeusz Sadowski (1915-1991), "In the Steelworks."

charcoal, gouache, cardboard, 69 x 49 cm,
signed p.d.: T. Sadowski.

Sculptor and painter, associated with the Silesian artistic community. Educated at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Vilnius University under T. Niesiolowski and in the sculpture studios of K. Yakimovich and H. Kuna. In 1938 he left for Lviv. In 1939, he was mobilized to the 14th regiment of Jazłowiec Ułans. After escaping from captivity in 1940, he returned to Lviv, where he designed sets and costumes for opera productions. After the war, he settled in Bytom. He is the author of 621 sculptural works - monumental sculptures in the city park, Moniuszko monument in front of the Bytom opera house, bust of Chopin, fountain at the Academic Square, monument to insurgents in Radzionków, numerous religious sculptures, elements of small city architecture, commemorative plaques. The artist's works are in the collections of the Silesian Museum in Katowice, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, as well as in Switzerland, Kyiv and Kharkiv.