Background
He was born in Wilno, Poland in 1922.
He was born in Wilno, Poland in 1922.
Working for the Polish resistance movement during World World War II, he was captured by Russian soldiers. Later he joined a Polish Army unit in Palestine. He took part in the bitter fighting at Tobruk during the North Africa campaign.
From North Africa he joined the Royal Air Force in England.
In 1942 he was accepted for training in the Royal Air Force. He was then posted to Number.
307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron at Exeter. After the war he moved to Nottingham and continued his studies in sculpture at Nottingham College of Artist
In 1953 he opened his first studio and produced much of his work in alabaster.
The themes of his abstract forms were influenced by his experiences during World World War World War II In 1959 he had a piece selected for the Royal Academy summer exhibition, and in 1963 his exhibition at the Drian Gallery led to his connection with the hospice movement. His best known work is the sculpture for Dame Cicely Saunders’s Street Christopher"s Hospice at Sydenham. lieutenant shows Street Christopher carrying Christ across the water.
The sculpture was unveiled by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
In 1966 he created sculptures for Revd Kenneth Cook for the tops of the pillars in Saint Aidan"s Church, Basford, in Nottingham. In 1976 he moved and established a sculpture garden in an orchard near Crediton.
He created a statue of Street Boniface for Crediton Parish Church.
