Wawrzyniec Samp

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Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist. [1]

Samp was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artistic study in the city. He specializes in Pomeranian-Kashubian, marine and sacral graphics.

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Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship POL wojewodztwo pomorskie COA.svg
Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
Monument to the Poles who died for the Gdansk Polishness in German prisons, concentration camps and other places of execution in 1939-1945. Gdanskmemorial.jpg
Monument to the Poles who died for the Gdansk Polishness in German prisons, concentration camps and other places of execution in 1939–1945.

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