Marek Leykam

ID: OS-004186-P

Marek Leykam

Zuchwil | Switzerland
gsw. Zuchwiu, Zuchu

First name:

Marek

Last Name:

Leykam

Parents:

Jan Piotr Lewiński i Elżbieta z Milewskich

Date of birth:

04-09-1908

Place of birth:

Warszawa

Date of death:

27-02-1983

Place od death:

Warszawa

Age:

Profession:

architect

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi (1951), Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej (1955), Krzyż Wojenny z gwiazdą, Krzyż Kombatanta, Medal Uciekinierów z Niewoli

Biography:

Marek Leykam (1908-1983), born in Warsaw, son of Jan Piotr Lewiński and Elżbieta née Milewska. He then took an evening course at the Municipal School of Decorative Arts and Painting at Teatralny Square and attended the Stefan Batory Gymnasium. He then studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1939 he took part in the defensive war of Poland. In 1940 he found himself in Switzerland, where he defended his doctoral thesis at the Zurich University of Technology on liturgical art. In 1943, he was the illustrator of a book published in Switzerland on the artistic and literary work of the soldiers of the Infantry Rifle Division entitled. "At a Standstill". He created many buildings that are recognisable today, such as the Okrąglak Department Store in Poznań, the Skyscraper at 2b Jerzego Waszyngtona Avenue in Warsaw and the "Żyletkowiec" at 82 Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw.

see more Text translated automatically

Related objects

Show on page:

8 24 72

POLONICA INFORMATION SHEET

Polish Chapel designed by Marek Leykam in Zuchwil

Zuchwil | Switzerland

Katalog poloników Show

Marek Leykam

Share

Marek Leykam

Related objects

Related projects