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Jan Graczyk (May 16, 1928 – April 26, 2005) was a Polish sculptor, and the creator of Forest Gallery of Sculpture (''Leśna Galeria Rzeźby''). ==Biography== Jan Graczyk was born in 1928 in Piastow near Warsaw. He spent his childhood in Czechowice, which has been later transformed into a district of Warsaw (Ursus). There, he attended Szkola Powszechna (which is the equivalent of the elementary school) in Czechowice between 1935 and 1942, simultaneously joining the ‘207th Mazovian Scout Movement’. Several years later he joined Grey Ranks (Zawiszacy troop), made a military pledge, and became a soldier of the underground polish resistance movement called Union for Armed Struggle, Obroza group. In 1942 Jan was apprenticed in the department of the “Kolorowa” foundry, where he was learning model making in metal forms and in wood. After the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 started, he reported for the duty of defending his homeland in Sekcoin forests. In the aftermath of the Second World War, he helped other citizens in removing the rubble and reconstructing the destroyed city. Jan has also assisted in rebuilding the Ursus factory, where he was employed (department of mechanics) as a traser, modeler, and caster specialised in many branches of this profession (e.g. metal casting, sand casting). After a few years he was given a master's degree in metal casting. Fascinated by the beauty of the traditional Polish landscape, he bought a plot of land in Puszcza Bolimowska, near the river Rokita. In spite of the heavy workload and difficulty of the work, Jan and his relatives formed the land into multiple terraces and planted the trees and bushes. After the nature infused the life into the Jan's land, it became the inner sanctum of the artist. After retiring from his work, he founded the Forest Gallery in 1983 Ursus. It became so famous and fabled that the trips from around the world were taken. A huge amount of guests visited Jan's Gallery. The extremely long list of visitors includes participants of school trips, scouts, arts students, and ordinary people, which have all signed in the commemorative book. Image:Jan_Graczyk_artysta_z_rzeźbami_-_1970.jpg|Graczyk with sculptures 1971. Image:Jan_Graczyk_-_artysta.jpg|Graczyk with newly made sculpture. Image:Jan_Graczyk_salutujący_przy_Pomniku_Pamięci_Harcerzy_AK.jpg|Jan Graczyk, saluting at monument in memory of soldiers of the underground polish resistance 1987. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Graczyk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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