Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko, Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
The Polish Sculpture Center (Polish: Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej) in Orońsko, near Radom, Poland, is a museum housed at Józef Brandt’s 19th-century manor house. The Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms owned by the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections additionally include 70 paintings, drawings and tapestries. The Center's activities and the manor complex are maintained by the Joseph Brandt Foundation. The Center also provides technical support for artists who participate in its Sculpting Program. The Center's sculpture garden was created in 1965. That same year, work began on establishing a Sculpting Program. The Friends of Sculpture was founded in 1969. The year 1981 saw the establishment, with Ministry of Art and Culture support, of a state Museum and Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko. Four years later, the institution was renamed the Polish Sculpture Center. A Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, and a sculpture garden designed by Professor Grzegorz Kowalski, were completed in 1992. In 1997, the Józef Brandt Foundation was chartered. The Polish Sculpture Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms that are property of the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections also include 70 drawings, paintings and tapestries. The Sculpture Garden contains 93 works by 77 artists. The Center's holdings include works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Mirosław Bałka, Krzysztof M. Bednarski, Jan Berdyszak, Tadashi Hashimoto, Władysław Hasior, Maria Jarema, Grzegorz Klaman, Katarzyna Kobro, Zofia Kulik, Teresa Murak, Adam Myjak, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski and Józef Szajna. (source: Wikipedia)
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Location: Orońsko, Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
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