Handcrafted Wood Sculptures by tadeusz kacalak
Tadeusz Kacalak
Tadeusz Kacalak is widely recognized as a prominent folk artist. He has won many artistic awards throughout Europe. Tadeusz has been carving since 1972. He carves colorful figures depicting Christian biblical themes and saints as well as local village people in regional Polish costumes. Tadeusz Kacalak attempts to represent both joy and suffering in his art. Tadeusz prefers to use linden wood. He utilizes only the simplest of tools for his work, and paints with muted pastel shades, using water-based paints and sealing emulsions.
Tadeusz Kacalak works exclusively with Folk Arts of Poland, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Folk Arts of Poland has been hosting him here in the United States for the past 24 summers to demonstrate his carving abilities.
Tadeusz Kacalak's carvings are in 14 Polish museum collections, as well as in private and museum collections in Italy (including the Vatican), Germany, Holland, Belgium, Australia, Switzerland, South Africa, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, and the United States. He is a subject of frequent media coverage in Poland and Germany including 7 TV documentaries, 15 radio programs, and 20 newspaper/magazine articles.
In 1987 Tadeusz Kacalak was presented the highest medal of recognition, the Stanislaw Wysprainski Award by the Ministry of Polish Culture and Art. In 1997, he received an award from the Chairman of the Senate for outstanding artistic achievements and for representing Polish folk art abroad. In 1998, he received the Silver Cross from the President of Poland. His work is depicted in 14 different professional books on folk art.
Tadeusz Kacalak has won awards in competitions throughout Poland, having taken part in over 40 competitions in 19 years. In 1985 and 1986 he received high acclaim with exhibits of a number of his Nativity Scenes in Bochum, Germany. Tadeusz has mounted ten one-man exhibitions; three in Poland, five in Germany, one in Holland and one in the USA...
Many of the sculptures below have been sold, yet you can order any one of them you like. It will take 1-3 months for Tadeusz to carve them. Each sculpture is unique yet the theme will be quite similar.
#738 St. Francis with birds and little donkey 11" x4.5" $645
(New Acquisition In Stock)
#739 St. Francis with goat 9.75" x 4.25"
(New Acquisition In Stock)
#666 Flight into Egypt 15" x 14" x 5.5" $1850 (SOLD)
038 Noah's Ark-Big 25" x 24" $4800 (In Stock)
#704 Pieta 11" x 8" x 4.5" $1,150 (In Stock)
#706 Nativity 9.5" x 7.5" x 2.5" $925 (SOLD)
Noah's Ark with Zebra 18" x 10" $1850 (SOLD)
164 St. Francis w/ 4 birds, 6 flowers 19.75" x 10" x 4.5" $2200 (In Stock)
161 St. Francis w/ flowers, lambs, birds 20" x 11"
$2050 (SOLD)
037 Noah's Ark-medium 26" x 24" $2800 (SOLD)
#703 Noah's Ark- Medium 17" x 12" $1850
(In Stock)
#737 St. Francis with dogs, trees, and birds 12" x 5.5" $925
(New acquisition In Stock)
#736 St. Francis with birds and lamb
14.5" x 5.5" $900 (SOLD)
Noah's Ark Curved Waves 16" x 19.5" $2950 (SOLD)
#707 St. Anthony 14" x9" x 4" $800
(In Stock)
678a St. Francis w/ lamb 10" x 4" $450 (SOLD)
690 St. Francis w/ goat 10" x 4" $475 (SOLD)
St. Francis with trees, birds 12" x 7" $700 (SOLD)
053 Saint Francis 19" x 10" $2500 (SOLD)
728 St. Theresa
15.75"h x 5.25w $900 (In Stock)
064 Last Supper w/ Apostles 24" x 9" $2800 (SOLD)
141 Our Lady of Guadelupe
14" x 8" $1050 (SOLD)
028 Madonna w/ Lillies
21" x 10" $2000 (SOLD)
Pieta 8.5" x 7" $750 (SOLD)
165 Mother God Niepokalana w/ snake 15" x 6" $900 (SOLD)
Pensive Jesus w/Robe 7" x 3"
$300 (In Stock)
024 Pieta 19" x 13" $2300 (SOLD)
Pensive Jesus 10.5" x 4" $600 (SOLD)
035 Madonna of the Night
18" x 8" $1800 (SOLD)
687 Angel 9" x 8" $450
(SOLD)
076 Annunciation of Mary
by Archangel Gabriel 18" x 11" $2600 (SOLD)
080 Angels w/ flower/birds 11" x 10" $825 (SOLD)
074 Jesus/Mary in boat 13" x 13" $1550 (SOLD)
121 St. Faustina
13" x 5" $1100 (SOLD)
129 St. Luke 15" x 7" $1100 (SOLD)
055 St. Anthony 15" x 7 $950 (SOLD)
073 St. Teresa 16" x 14" $1350 (SOLD)
027 Madonna from Skempe 1999
24" x 8" x 3" $2900 (In Stock)
029 Madonna and Child
28" x 14" $2700 (In Stock)
077 Annunciation of Mary/Gabriel/God the Father 18" $2150 (SOLD)
059 Christ preaching in boat
8" x 14" $950 (SOLD)
122 St. Veronica
16" x 6" $1500 (SOLD)
030 Madonna from Skempe
19.5" x 8.5" x 4" $2700 (In Stock)
081 Angel w/ violin
9" x 7" $450 (SOLD)
078 Angel w/ horn
9" x 8" $450 (SOLD)
079 Angel w/ bible
9" x 6" $450 (SOLD)
Flying Angel 8"x13" $700
(SOLD)
167 Jesus, I Trust You 19" x 7" $1500
(In Stock)
126 St. Gertrude 14" x 5" $1100 (SOLD)
166 St. Monika 14" x 5" $900 (SOLD)
018 Our Lady of Medjugorje
14" x 9" $800 (In Stock)
169 St. Anne and Mary bible teaching
18" x 8" $2700 (In Stock)
068 St. Isadore 16" x 12" $1600 (In Stock)
136 St. Anthony 14" x 8" $700 (SOLD)
168 St. Paul 17" x 7" x 3" $1700
(In Stock)
680 Small Nativity 5" x 6" $395 (SOLD)
682 Small Nativity 7" x 9" $725
(SOLD)
003 - Nativity 20" x 19" $3200 (SOLD)
120 St. John Nepomucen 15" x 7" $1150 (SOLD)
681 Small Nativity 6.5" x 5" $425
(SOLD)
684 Small Nativity 5.5" x 6" $525
(In Stock)
009 Nativity 31" x 12" $3500
(In Stock)
131 St. Michael Archangel
14" x 7" $1100 (SOLD)
683 Small Nativity 9" x 6.5" $625
(SOLD)
006 Nativity 1979 20" x 9.5" $2000
(In Stock)
005 Nativity
18" x 9" $2100 (SOLD)
001 - Nativity 20" x 17" $2900 (SOLD)
135 Nativity 16" x 17" $2200 (SOLD)
017 Nativity 17" x 14" $2400 (SOLD)
Nativity with Angel 9" x 8" $750 (SOLD)
004 Nativity 20" x 18" $3800 (SOLD)
137 Nativity 14" x 6" $1250 (SOLD)
002 Nativity 13" x 27.5" x 4" $3400 (SOLD)
144 Small Nativity
8" x 6" $495 (SOLD)
Nativity Creche 14.5" x 20" $2800 (SOLD)
010a The inside of Nativity triptych (SOLD)
012 Nativity 16" x 13" $2150 (SOLD)
139 Small Nativity
7" x 7" $495 (SOLD)
010 The outside of Nativity triptych
18" x 13" $1850 (SOLD)
063 Christ Crucified
20" x 10" x 4" $1900 (SOLD)
007 Nativity 12" x 6" $1050 (SOLD)
Black Madonna (wall hanging)
12" x7.75" x1.25" $850
(In Stock)
146 Jonah and the Whale 10" x 10" $650 (SOLD)
696 Jonah and the Whale
10" x 11.5" x 4" $800 (In Stock)
158 Flight to Egypt 15" x 13"
$1950 (SOLD)
695 Jonah and the Whale
9.5" x 10" x 3.5" $700 (SOLD)
Resurrection 14" x 8" x 3"
$1200 (SOLD)
008 Nativity 14" x 11" $1750 (SOLD)
159 Ascension 17" x 16" $2600 (SOLD)
697 Crucifix 17.5" x 9.5" x 2.5" $850 (In Stock)
707 St. Anthony 14"x8.75 $700 (In Stock)
157 Escape to Egypt 11" x 8" $1300 (SOLD)
730 Madonna 13.5"x6.5" $875
(In Stock)
731 Nativity 13"x15" $1850
(In Stock)
725 St. Pasqual 13"x4.5" $800 (SOLD)
735 Christ Triumphant 19"x 12" $1100 (SOLD)
Secular Sculptures
099 Woman w/ flower
16" x 7" $750 (SOLD)
109 Santa Claus 11" x 5" $675 (SOLD)
698 Santa w/ Toy Bag 8" x 3" x 3.5" $400 (In Stock)
185 Baba 1979 27.5" x 8" $1500
(In Stock)
095 Baba w/ hen, basket
10" x 4" $450 (SOLD)
183 Big/Little Sisters 8" x 6" $500 (SOLD)
Horse & Wagon w/ Musicians 10.5" x 22" $3200 (SOLD)
143 The Newlyweds 14" x 8" $1150 (SOLD)
733 Baba with flowers and cat 13.5"x5.25"x3.5" $875 (In Stock)
692 Santa Claus- round face 11" x 5.5" x 4" $500 (In Stock)
Santa Claus w/ cane (SOLD)
184 Fiddler 10" x 7" $800 (SOLD)
181 Mother and Child
12" x 7" $800 (In Stock)
Big/little brothers 7.5" x 5" $450 (SOLD)
094 Baba w/geese 16" x 7" $1150 (SOLD)
182 Santa Claus w/ present and tree 8" x 4" $475 (SOLD)
693 Santa-oval face
10.5" x 6" x 4.5" $525 (SOLD)
180 Husband and Wife Farmers
17" x 16" $1200 (SOLD)
199 Wedding w/ stork 20" x 9" $2200 (SOLD)
103 Fisherman in boat
11" x 9" $1100 (SOLD)
138 Babas 17" $800 / 3 Women 13"
$650 each (SOLD)
Three Sisters 8" x 8" $700 (SOLD)
663 Woman w/ flowers 10.5" x 5.5" $1200 (SOLD)