Igor Mitoraj facts for kids

Igor Mitoraj
Quick facts for kids Igor Mitoraj
	Mitoraj in 2014
Born	March 26, 1944; Oederan, Germany
Died	October 6, 2014 (aged 70); Paris, France
Nationality	Polish

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.

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.

Images for kids

Héros de Lumière, Carrara marble (1986) at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Eros Bendato (Eros Bound) (bronze), 1999, exhibition in Kraków, Poland, 2003 r.
Testa Addormentata located in Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, Great Britain.
Valencia, Spain, 2006.
Luci di Nara, at the main entrance of the British Museum in 2002.
Centurione I, 1987, Bamberg, Germany.
Centurione III, 1992, Regensburg, Germany.
Igor Mitoraj Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain.
Half Face, Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland.
Per Adriano, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Centauro, Canary Wharf, London, Great Britain.
Icarus in front of Temple of Concordia in the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Italy.
"Eros Bendato" on Main Square, Kraków