Wojciech Zablocki (1930-2020) - three-time Olympic medalist(team medalist in saber, 2x silver, 1x bronze), nine-time medalist at the world championships, five-time Polish champion. In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow(1968 doctorate, 1981 habilitation), in 1999 he became a full professor of technical sciences, since 2019 member of the PAU. As an architect, he was primarily involved in sports facilities. He taught at the Technical University of Lodz and the Warsaw University of Ecology and Management. Author of several books, on fencing and architecture. Winner of awards and decorations as an architect and sportsman.
Handwritten dedication in pen (stating: This is the difference between us sometimes: you glue pots, and I win them. To an older colleague after the saber Wojciech Zablocki 25.VI.1960) under a photograph measuring 13.7 x 8.5 cm, mounted in a sheet measuring 22.9 x 15.3 cm,on the verso of which is a stamp: Gabinet for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects Gracjan Lepianko Warsaw, Krak.-Przedm. 10.
Condition: sheet with minor creases, soiling, photograph with minor scratches, rubbing and creases(in corners, from dry mounting).
Gracjan Lepianko (1905 - 15 May 1991) - a Warsaw restorer who ran the Office for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects at 10 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street for several decades. He graduated from the Schools of Drawing and Painting at 9 Wierzbowa Street, the School of Applied Art at Chmielna Street and the School of Decorative Arts at Myśliwiecka Street, obtaining the title of master decorative painter and master of artistic metal products. He began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, but the financial situation forced him to interrupt his studies and take up a job. He became self-employed in 1931 and changed locations several times(before, 1952, he ended up in Krakowskie Przedmieście). He was passionate about sports, training amateur boxing and wrestling. During World War II, a passion for reviving "dead"/destroyed objects awoke in him. He not only repaired but also collected antiques. After the war he became very popular, there were films about him, mentions in the press and guidebooks. Visited by numerous celebrities(of many fields), who sometimes left commemorative entries.
