- CountryPoland
- Town:Katowice
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Year of creation:1939
- Rider(s):Pilsudski, Józef
(1867 – 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and First Marshal of Poland (from 1920). He was considered the de facto leader (1926–35) of the Second Polish Republic as the Minister of Military Affairs. After World War I, he held great power in Polish politics and was a distinguished figure on the international scene. He is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic re-established in 1918, 123 years after the final Partition of Poland by Austria, Prussia and Russia in 1795.
- Sculptor(s):Augustincic, Antun
(1900 –1979) was a Croatian sculptor active in Yugoslavia and the United States.
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The monument was ordered before the start of WW II, but had not yet arrived in Katowice when the war started. It stood for many years in the museum of the sculptor Augustincic in Croatia and was brought to Katowice only in 1991, where the statue was restored and, in 1998, installed.
