Jerzy Janicki Bench

Jerzy Janicki Bench

The sculpture 2020.
Location	Downtown, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates	52.230350°N 21.034044°E / 52.230350; 21.034044
Designer	Antoni Janusz Pastwa
Type	Statue, bench monument
Material	Bronze (statue) Granite (bench)
Opening date	10 October 2019
Dedicated to	Jerzy Janicki

The Jerzy Janicki Bench (Polish: Ławeczka Jerzego Janickiego) is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, located at the intersection of Czerniakowska and Ludna Streets, within the neighbourhood of Solec, in the Downtown district. The monument is dedicated to Jerzy Janicki, a 20th-century scriptwriter, best known for his work at television series Polish Roads and Home, as well as radio drama series The Matysiaks. It was designed by Antoni Janusz Pastwa, and unveiled on 10 October 2019.

History

The monument was dedicated to Jerzy Janicki (1928–2007), a 20th-century scriptwriter, best known for his work at television series Polish Roads and Home, as well as radio drama series The Matysiaks. The sculpture was proposed and financed by the Polish Filmmakers Association and the Jerzy Janicki Foundation. The sculpture designed by Antoni Janusz Pastwa, and unveiled on 10 October 2019, at a small garden square named after Janicki, at the intersection of Czerniakowska and Ludna Streets.

Design

The monument consists of a bronze statue depicts Jerzy Janicki, wearing a winter coat, sitting on a granite one-person bench, in a pose shown talking, and petting a dog sitting next to him. Next to the sculpture is placed an identical small bench. It bears a Polish inscription which reads:

Polish text English translation

Jerzy Janicki
pisarz, scenarzysta filmowy
Współtwórca słynnych seriali telewizyjnych
m. in. „Polskie drogi”, „Dom”
oraz radiowego serialu „Masysiakowie”
w którym losy bohaterów umieścił przy ulicy Dobrej
Zasłużony dla Lwowa, z którego pochodził
i dla Warszawy, w której żył i tworzył
Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich

Jerzy Janicki
Writer, film scriptwriter
Co-creator of famous television series
such as "Polish Roads", "Home",
and radio drama "The Matysiaks",
which characters' lives he placed at Dobra Street
Distinguished to Lviv, from which he came,
and to Warsaw, where he lived and created
Polish Filmmakers Association

Gallery

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  Inscription on a bench.