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Birds4 Walenty Pytel

Birds are synonymous with flight, and as such are a potent symbol and embodiment of many of humanityu2019s hopes and dreams. They connote both the human and the divine spirit through their soaring freedom of movement, and their linking of earth and sky (often also water). Birds can represent our souls, or stand for wisdom and the power of thought.

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Birds4 Walenty Pytel

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  2. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Woodpecker at Hereford

  3. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Model of Doves of Peace War memorial

  4. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) The Kestrel (2000) Canley Ford

  5. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) The Kestrel

  6. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Swallows - Ledbury, Herefordshire on the Gloucester Road roundabout

  7. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Swallows Ledbury, Herefordshire on the Gloucester Road roundabout

  8. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Swans Laing Homes Hereford

  9. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941)

  10. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculpture Bronze model of Glebe on marble

  11. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculpture – fountain Cranes for Japanese company Mazak

  12. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculptures

  13. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculpture Kingfisher on abstract branch Bronze

  14. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Garden birds in a tree Abstract vulture on column

  15. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Alighting Steel Heron Merlin - Bronze

  16. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculpture

  17. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Metal sculpture, Cormorant Track by Hartleton Water (There are two man-made lakes, formed in 1971, at Hartleton with a causeway separating the two stretches of water)

  18. Phoenix in flight Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Corn Bunting sculptures

  19. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941)

  20. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Kingfisher with minnow, Hereford

  21. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Kingfisher with minnow, Hereford

  22. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Wings over Water 2000 Commissioned by: Coventry City Council, Groundwork Company. Location: Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry

  23. Steel sculpture of swan wings outstretched, kingfishers and fish on the north-facing railings, smaller flatter sculpture of herons and fish on the south-facing railings of footbridge. Location: On railings on former mineral railway bridge near to Hawkesbury Junction Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Wings over Water

  24. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Magnus The Magpie Market Pitch, Weobley, Herefordshire

  25. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Magnus magpie sculpture in Market Pitch, Weobley, Herefordshire This large 'black & white' village was once a market town, but it declined in the 19th century as it lacked transport links (railway or canal). The village is seriously photogenic. The magpie is the village symbol, and a sculpture of Magnus the Magpie was erected in 2001 to celebrate Weobley winning a best kept village in England award in 1999

  26. Walenty Pytel was commissioned in 1997 by South Herefordshire District Council to produce three sculptures that can be found in Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye  Riverside Two Bird Statue - 2 Image Composite Abstract

  27. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Three Mallard ducks flying and with feet down possibly coming in to land on the river

  28. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Three Mallard ducks Ross-on-Wye  Riverside

  29. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Sculpture along side the Rope Walk, depicts Swans flying down to land

  30. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Flying swans

  31. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Sculptures along side the Rope Walk in Ross-on-Wye

  32. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Take Off Birmingham Airport - a twenty eight foot sculpture of Three Egrets to commemorate forty years of peace in Europe

  33. Amongst Walenty Pytel's best known public works is the majestic twenty foot Jubilee Fountain standing under Big Ben, commissioned by the members of the House of Commons for the Queens Jubilee year (1977) Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Model Silver Jubilee Fountain

  34. The Jubilee Fountain is located in New Palace Yard and was originally constructed to commemorate Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. The 20ft fountain contains a zinc galvanised steel sculpture which depicts six heraldic mythical beasts as emblems of each of the continents with which the British Commonwealth and its Parliamentary System have had a historic relationship: a large lion, unicorn and tiger support the smaller kangaroo, penguin and eagle. The sculpture, which is capped with a large gold-painted crown, was created by artist Walentry Pytel. The fountain was a gift from the members of the House of Commons to Queen Elizabeth.

  35. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Silver Jubilee Fountain

  36. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Silver Jubilee Fountain

  37. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Silver Jubilee Fountain

  38. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Diddy the Duck Pair of bronze wrens in steel reeds Turism programe

  39. Malvern's Rose Bank Gardens

  40. Rose Bank Gardens lies on the edge of the Malvern Hills overlooking Great Malvern. Facilities and attractions in the gardens include: terraced pathways, Victorian gas lamps, the Diamond Jubilee Sculpture of Two Buzzards by Walenty Pytel and excellent views over Malvern. 

  41. Walenty Pytel Malvern Buzzards

  42. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Malvern Buzzards

  43. Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) Malvern Buzzards

  44. Buzzards Iconic birds are now lighting up night sky

  45. Skylark sculpture ascends over Malvern's Rose Bank Gardens The title of the sculpture is The Lark Ascending, inspired by the poem of George Meredith and the music of Vaughan Williams Walenty Pytel (Polish, 1941) The Lark Ascending

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