Jan Wnęk (1828–1869), the author of about three hundred sculptures around the church in Odporyszow, is a legendary character. One of the legends says that he used to commemorate faces of his family and acquaintances as the saints he sculpted. The sculpture of prophet Simeon is said to be his self-portrait. We will never know for sure whether this was what he looked like, that Icarus from Dunajec, a village carpenter whose life was about the two things he was passionate about: art and flying. He was a renowned artist, the author of realistic, carefully polychromed statues depicting scenes from the life of the Holy Family, the passion and resurrection of Christ. Most of his works have been destroyed. Those that remain can be seen in the church museum in Odporyszów. Ten of his works remain in the museum collection. He was also famous as a self-taught inventor. It is said that he constructed a wind-powered vehicle and many clever mechanisms that he used to make his work easier. In 1866, he built a hang glider modelled on bird wings. Attached to this structure of wood, cloth and straps, he used to take daring jumps from the bell tower of the church in Odporyszow. His longest glide reached three kilometres. The last one was tragic and the heavily injured artist died as a result.