Composition in metal
Project and execution – Mieczysław Welter
It was made in 1974 at the request of the city authorities and is one of several sculptural elements located on the premises of the Summer Theatre.
A sculpture is an abstract composition, shaped vertically. Slightly narrowed halfway up, it has two oval openworks placed in a vertical line. Originally, granite stones were embedded in both holes. Only one has survived to this day - visible in the upper openwork. On the surface of the walls (front and back) there are numerous, different-sized, circular recesses made by the artist.
Together with other works by Anna Paszkiewicz, Leonia Chmielnik and Stanisław Biżek, it emphasized the closure of the amphitheater arch, until the reconstruction of the amphitheater in 2022 and the transfer of the sculpture near the exit gate.
Until the reconstruction of the amphitheater in 2022, the sculpture was placed on a rectangular plinth covered with granite slabs - archive photo. Currently, the sculpture stands directly on the ground. It has also been rotated 180 degrees in relation to the original foundation, and its location has also been changed.
Archive photo of the sculpture:
Mieczysław Welter
Mieczysław Welter was born in Śrem in 1928. He graduated from the State Higher School of Fine Arts, Faculty of Sculpture in Poznań. He obtained further studies and a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the studio of Professor Marian Wnuk, 1953–1956. Since 1960 he has organized individual exhibitions, among others in Warsaw, Wrocław, Sopot, Kraków, Moscow and Tbilisi. In 2008, Mieczysław Welter was awarded the gold medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis for his entire body of work. He went on artistic tours around Europe, Mexico, Korea, Mongolia, China. Winner of awards and distinctions, including: Award of the Ministry of Culture and Art for the sculpture Stefan Batory, 1965; Silver Medal and Award of the Ministry of Culture and Art, 1967; First and Second Prize in the National Competition for the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Frombork, 1972; Grand Prix International d'Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, 1979; Grand Prix at the 1st International Triennial of Portrait Sculpture, Sopot, 1987.
Creativity in the field of monumental, portrait, intimate sculpture, maintained in the convention of representational art, thematic with a compact, modest shape.
Text: Marta Płachta – author of the project entitled 'Halo! Whose sculpture is this?" (SBO 2024 edition)
https://infoludek.pl/szczecin/halo-czyja-to-rzezba-czyli-projekt-podpisania-szczecinskich-pomnikow/
Source: https://bip.um.szczecin.pl/chapter_59232.asp;