1. Elżbieta Szczodrowska
Sculptor

2. The most important and the biggest project
Elżbieta Szczodrowska and her husband
Robert Pepliński were involved in, was the
interior décor of the reconstructed church of
Saint Brigida in Gdansk, Poland.
They created all sculptures in Baptisteries and
the sculpted gate to it, the banisters on the
chorus consisting of series of sculpted
musicians, the Tabernacle, altars of Saint
Antoine, of Saint Mary of Czestochowa, and
others…

3. Sacral Sculptures
Church of Saint Brigida in Gdańsk, Poland
Baptisteries

4. Doors cast in bronze
Church of Saint Brigida
Saint - Antoine Altar in cement

5. The work in the church of Saint Brigida opened the
doors to other churches, where Ms. Szczodrowska
created sculptures of Christ and various Saints.
Later, in the Convent in Kościerzyna, she and her
husband made sculpted interior décor of the chapel.

6. Memorial
Sacral Sculptures
Pieta

7. Sacral Sculptures

8. The two artists also worked in Town of
Buren in Germany where they created a
Fountain, and a number of 2 and 3
dimensional compositions.

9. Children in Buren
(Germany)

10. Elżbieta Szczodrowska loved to draw, paint and
sculpt women and children; she excelled in
showing their movement and expression.

11. Women

12. Women

13. Small pastels

14. Small pastels

15. Sketches

16. Sketches

17. Sketches

18. Ms. Szczodrowska was very sensitive to human
suffering which inspired her to make a series of
sculptures on this subject; among them: Prisoners of
World War II (in the permanent collection in Stutthof
Museum in Sztutowo, Poland), and dedicated to the
suffering of Vietnamese Women.
Elżbieta Szczodrowska is mostly known for the
Monument dedicated to the 1970 Fallen Shipyard
Workers in Gdańsk, Poland

19. War

20. For many years Elżbieta Szczodrowska
taught sculpture in the School of Fine
Arts (Liceum Sztuk Plastycznych) in
Gdynia-Orłowo where she was an
excellent teacher.
Elżbieta Szczodrowska was one of the
most important Polish Sculptors of the
20th century.
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