Władysław Hasior was born on the 14th of May 1928 in Nowy Sącz. In 1947, he began studying at the State High School of Art Techniques in Zakopane, under the direction of Antoni Kenar. After finishing school, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Marian Wnuk’s studio. At that time, in addition to exploring the secrets of sculpting, he was involved in sports (he was a runner). As part of his final thesis, in 1958, he made ceramic Stations of the Cross for the St. Casimir Church in Nowy Sącz. In 1957, he began teaching in the arts school in Zakopane. The pioneering assemblages ‘The Widow’, ‘The Magician’, and ‘The Passion of the Lord’ were probably created at that time. Two years later, Hasior created his first monument with his students – the Monument of Mountain Rescuers. Soon after, he received a stipend from the French Ministry of Culture and travelled to Ossip Zadkine’s studio in Paris. He visited places in Europe that interested him and experienced both the art of the past and the most modern artistic phenomena. He recorded his impressions in a journal which was published in the 1980s.