Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła

Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła (born 1 November 1931; ) is an artist, sculptor and academic. He is an author of numerous monuments, mostly located in Poland, and is one of the most recognisable sculptors of Poland.

Biography Kazimierz Gustaw Zemła was born on 1 November 1931, in the village of Jasienica Rosielna, now located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. From 1952 to 1958 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland.

Since 2003, he has been a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and since 2006, a member of the programme council of the National Creative Work Centre foundation.

Zamła is the creator of many monuments, including the Monument of Silesian Insurgents (Katowice, 1967), Monument of the Fallen Undefeated (Warsaw, 1973), Monument to the Polish Endeavour (Szczecin, 1979), Monument of the Decalogue (Łódź, 1995), Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument (Warsaw, 1998), Ernest Malinowski Monument (Chicla District, 1999), and Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino (Warsaw, 1999). He is also the author of numerous sculptures.

1968 Karol Świerczewski Monument Warsaw, Poland

Monument to the Victims of the Fort III and World War II Pomiechówek, Poland

Władysław Broniewski Monument Płock, Poland

1973 Monument of the Fallen Undefeated Warsaw, Poland

1974 Ludwik Waryński Monument Warsaw, Poland

1979 Monument to the Polish Endeavour Szczecin, Poland

1991 John Paul II Monument Kraków, Poland

John Paul II Monument Oleszyce, Poland

John Paul II Monument Płock, Poland

1994 John Paul II Monument Łomża, Poland

1995 Monument of the Decalogue Łódź, Poland

Gravestone of Tony Halik at the Bródno Cemetery Warsaw, Poland

Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Warsaw, Poland

John Paul II Monument Montevideo, Uruguay

Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino Warsaw, Poland Ernest Malinowski Monument Chicla District, Department of Lima, Peru

2000 John Paul II Monument at St. Anne Mountain Leśnica, Poland

2005 General Jerzy Ziętek Monument Katowice, Poland

2006 Pope John Paul II Monument Katowice, Poland

Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Monument Toruń, Poland

Pope John Paul II Monument Suwałki, Poland

2008 John Paul II Monument at Wawel Kraków, Poland

2010 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Kielce, Poland

2011 Blessed Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko Monument Toruń, Poland 2012 Henryk Sienkiewicz Monument Toruń, Poland Awards and orders Golden Honorary Badge of Merid of Warsaw (Poland, 1970) First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (Poland, 1973) First Degree State Award Badge (Poland, 1980) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 1996) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 2011) Medal of Merit of the City of Szczecin (Poland, 2012) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Grand Officer's Order of Metit (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) Honorary Badge of Pomeranian Griffin (Poland) Order of Merit for Distinguished Services (Peru)