Wawrzyniec Samp

Wawrzyniec Samp (born 25 June 1939) is a Polish sculptor and graphic artist.

Samp was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artistic study in the city. He specializes in Pomeranian-Kashubian, marine and sacral graphics.

Projects
His main projects include:
 * monuments:
 * Tym co za polskośc Gdańska, Gdańsk
 * Czynu partyzanckiego kolejarzy, Czarna Woda
 * Józef Wybicki, Kościerzyna
 * Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
 * Stefan Wyszyński, Gniezno Cathedral
 * Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania, Gdańsk
 * Izydor Gulgowski and Teodora Gulgowska, Wdzydze
 * Jerzy Popiełuszko, St. Brigid basilic in Gdańsk
 * memorial plates:
 * Józef Wrycza, Wiele and Zblewo
 * bishop Konstantyn Dominik, Swarzewo
 * primate Stefan Wyszyński, Stoczek Klasztorny
 * Józef Wybicki, patron of a high-school in Gdańsk-Orunia
 * Loen Roppel, Luzino
 * Florian Ceynowa, Wejherowo hospital
 * Polish Kings Coronations, Gniezno cathedral
 * Pope John Paul II, Gdynia
 * Pope John Paul II, New Port in Gdańsk
 * bishop W. Pluta, Gorzów Wielkopolski
 * bishop Józef Drzazga, Olsztyn
 * Jozef Wilczek, Luzino
 * medals and medallions:
 * 27 medals of Dukes of Pomerania
 * 650-years of NMP basilic in Gdańsk
 * Srebrna Tabakieta Abrahama
 * Cech Piekarzy i Cukierników in Gdańsk
 * 400-years of Gdańsk Library of PAN
 * 40-years of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association

Publications:
 * L. Bądkowski, W. Samp, Poczet książąt Pomorza Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 1974

Awards:
 * Medal Stolema, 1974
 * Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
 * Zasłuzonym Ziemi Gdańskiej
 * Złoty Medal Prymasowski Zasłużony w posłudze dla Kościoła i Narodu
 * Nadgoda Miasta Gdańska