Henryk LULA (b. 1930), Baniak, 1990

clay, glazes; 26 x 35cm
engraved on the bottom: H. LULA / 1990

Henryk Lula (b. 1930) - studied at the Department of Sculpture of the Gdansk State Higher School of Fine Arts between 1950 and 1956. After his studies, for several years he participated in the restoration of sculptural and ceramic monuments of the Gdansk Main Town. In 1992, he was commissioned to make copies of damaged and lost tiles for the Renaissance stove in Artus Court. Among the author's larger projects is a ceramic bas-relief at the Ministry of Justice holiday home in Lisi Jar near Jastrzębia Gora. In 1977-1997 he was head of the Ceramics Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. (Zachęta National Gallery of Art)