The Polish sculptor, Bogdan Markowski was born in Poland in Lublin in 1945. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Diploma in sculpture and sculptural and architectural design in 1970. He carries out his works in materials such as granite, marble, bronze and wood. Winner of prizes and distinctions in competitions and exhibitions. Works in the collections of the Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Łódź, the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, the Copper Museum in Legnica, KUL in Lublin, UMCS. He has several dozens of collective exhibitions, participation in open air events including those important in Hajnówka, Wdzydze Kiszewskie and Orońsko.
He also exhibited his works at the Castle in Kazimierz Dolny titled “Erraticus”. The exhibition included 29 sculptures made of granite erratic boulders moved millions of years from distant mountains, carved by water, wind and time. Hence the title of the Erraticus exhibition in Latin means erring.
“Erratic boulders and stones in general have their weight and statics. Markowski does not interfere and does not change this state of affairs. Often emphasizes these advantages, inherent in material./…/ Prefers granite, I think that it best suits his creative temperament. “
(Prof. A.J. Pastwa)
“What is dominant in the sculptures of Bogdan Markowski, apart from the artist’s obvious fascination with the type of material, its structure and colors, is monumentalism in each of them.”
(Prof. L. Lameński)
“This is not about impressing the viewer with surprising or breakneck attempts to overcome the materiality of the stone in all its meanings. In Markowski’s sculptures, respect for this material is felt, and the humility with which he treats his natural qualities. “
(dr W. Odorowski)
The artist also cooperates with Art Gallery spa spot of Jacek Sempoliński name in Nałęczów :
“Today, Bogdan Markowski rarely works in wood, he loves stone, he knows stone and feels stone, especially he loves granite boulders, he would not infringe on their natural beauty, but the sculptor’s passion wins with the collector’s love, but he tries not to interfere excessively with the original shape of the stone, sometimes polishes the curves to give them inner tension, and sometimes introduces a predominantly dissonant dissonance of a foreign body, such as a bronze, sometimes giving the oval, broken form an oval shape, the simplest of which I consider to be the most beautiful. “
(Janusz Michalik Art Gallery spa spot of Jacek Sempoliński name in Nałęczów )
He is also the author of the sculptures workshops in Lubartów, in Zamość, in the Roztoczański National Park, in Zwierzyniec, as well as in Burgas (Bulgaria), in Debrecen (Hungary), Inami (Japan) and Viller Le Lac and Labresse (France).
One of the artist’s well-known works is the sculpture of a dog at the Market Square in famous old town Kazimierz Dolny in Poland.
The dog Werniks sculpture was created in 2000 and it was probably the first mongrel sculpture in public space in Poland. No group of tourists will miss a brown mongrel so as not to stroke him with his nose and not take a picture with him.
