Igor Mitoraj

Igor Mitoraj (March 26, 1944 – October 6, 2014) was a Polish artist. He was born in Oederan, Germany. Mitoraj studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Art under Tadeusz Kantor.

Igor Mitoraj
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Mitoraj in 2014
Born	(1944-03-26)March 26, 1944 Oederan, Germany
Died	October 6, 2014(2014-10-06) (aged 70) Paris, France
Nationality	Polish

After graduating, he had several exhibitions. He held his first solo exhibition in 1967 at the Krzysztofory Gallery in Poland. In 1968, he moved to Paris to continue his studies at the National School of Art.

Mitoraj worked with terracotta and bronze. In 1979, he began to use marble for most of his works. In 1983, he set up a studio in Pietrasanta. In 2006, he created the new bronze doors and a statue of John the Baptist for the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome.

Mitoraj died in Paris, France, aged 70.

Igor Mitoraj Media

• Eros Bendato Sculpture in Kraków. Poland.jpg

  Eros Bendato (Eros Bound) (bronze), 1999, exhibition in Kraków, Poland, 2003

• Igor Mitoraj Gambe Alate.jpg

  Gambe Alate (bronze), 2002.

• Igor Mitoraj HerosDeLumiere 1986.jpg

  Héros de Lumière, Carrara marble (1986) at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• April 2004 Beeld Scheveningen.JPG

  Luci di Nara on the Beeld boulevard, Scheveningen, the Netherlands.

• Centurione I by Igor Mitoraj with Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg.jpg

  Centurione I, 1987, Bamberg, Germany.

• Valle Dei Templi Agrigento 2 (220567637).jpeg

  Valle Dei Templi, Agrigento

• Centaur Statue - Statua di centauro, Forum of Pompeii (5125).jpg

  Centauro, Forum of Pompeii, Pompeii, Italy.

• London MMB «A2 Columbus Courtyard.jpg

  Centurione I. 1987. Bronze. Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London.

• Canary Wharf - sculpture Centauro by Igor Mitoraj in London, spring 2013.JPG

  Centauro. 1984. Bronze. Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf, London.

• Testa Addormentata.jpg

  Testa Addormentata, bronze, 1983, located at Bank Street, outside West Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London, Great Britain.

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