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  Albin Polasek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albin Polasek (1879-1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator.
Polasek was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design in 1927, and full member in 1933.
Polasek's better-known works include the Theodore Thomas Memorial (1924) and Masaryk Memorial (1941) in Chicago; and the Wilson Memorial (1926), Radigast (1929) and Sts.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albin_Polasek   (331 words)

  
 Albin Express   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden Works and private collection of internationally known Czech-American sculptor, Albin Polasek, displayed in his former home.
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Albin Polasek (1879-1965) Museum and sculpture garden devoted to Czech-American sculptor, Albin Polasek(1879-1965).
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 Florida History & the Arts Magazine - Spring 2004 @ Florida OCHP
In 1916 Polasek went to Chicago, and at the age of 31, became head of the Department of Sculpture at the Art Institute - a position he held until retirement in 1943.
For many years, Polasek was known as the "Chicago" artist because he created monumental sculptures associated with buildings and green spaces in the city that have become visual landmarks.
In 1961, Polasek established a private foundation committed to keeping his sculpture available for public display and requested that his studio, home and galleries be open to the public to encourage the study, appreciation, and furtherance of representational art.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us /services/magazine/04spring/polasek.cfm   (452 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Winter Park Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Albin Polasek (1879-1965), originally from Winter Park’s Sister City, Frenstat, Moravia (now Czech Republic), is heralded as one of America’s foremost sculptors of the20th Century.
In his lifetime, Polasek created over 400 works of art, many of which are displayed in public venues throughout the city of Winter Park and at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.
Polasek’s “Emily Fountain” can be seen at Central Park in Downtown Winter Park, his “Forest Idyll” is displayed in front of Winter Park’s City Hall and one of his most famous pieces “Man Carving His Own Destiny” is located at the Winter Park Public Library.
www.ci.winter-park.fl.us /2005/news/news_releases/polasek.shtml   (376 words)

  
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 Special Collections at the University of Central Florida Library
Albin Polasek was born at Frenstat in Moravia, the Czech Republic in 1879.
Albin was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome from 1910 to 1913 and, subsequent to his studies in Rome and Greece, he started his own studio in New York City.
The majority of articles concern the Albin Polasek Foundation and Museum in Winter Park and are from the 1960s and 1970s.
library.ucf.edu /SpecialCollections/FindingAids/PolasekGuide.htm   (649 words)

  
 Albin Polasek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Born in 1879 in Frenstat, Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic, Albin Polasek (1879-1965) was a legendary artist and sculptor who retired to Winter Park, Florida in 1949.
He began his career as a wood carver apprentice in Vienna and immigrated to America in 1901.
Upon his death, Albin Polasek generously donated his sculpture for public display and requested his studio, his home, and his galleries be open to the public to encourage the study, appreciation, and furtherance of representational art.
www.florida-arts.org /programs/halloffame/AlbinPolasek.htm   (183 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
(1) Albin Polasek, Czech-American sculptor was born at Frenstat in Moravia, the Czech-Republic in 1879.
Polasek was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome from 1910 to 1913, subsequent to his studies in Italy and Greece; he started his own studio in New York City.
Today, the Albin Polasek Foundation operates his residence and studio in Winter Park, as the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.
www.military.state.ky.us /kyngemus/remington/remington_trophy.htm   (596 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden - Winter Park, FL, 32789-4429 - Citysearch
Polasek, one of the 20th century's most important sculptors, spent the last 15 years of his life in this turn-of-the-century mansion.
Polasek's work presents an artist trapped between his love of America and his Eastern European roots.
The property showcases Polasek's 14-piece "Stations of the Cross" in both its indoor and outdoor variations.
orlando.citysearch.com /profile/2372210   (347 words)

  
 Diocese of Orlando
ALBIN POLASEK MUSEUM AND SCULPURE GARDENS will host the third annual Mass of the Ascension on Saturday, May 22 at 7:00 pm in the Museum Gardens.
The Albin Polasek Museum is located at 633 Osceola Avenue in Winter Park.
Liturgical works on Museum property include Albin Polasek’s Risen Christ, Victorious Christ and the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
www.orlandodiocese.org /cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl?year=2004&view=Event&event_id=209   (137 words)

  
 City of Winter Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Beginning on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens will highlight a permanent collection artwork once a month.
Considered one of Polasek’s most powerful works, the piece effectively illustrates the passionate moment of newly found love between two people.
The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens is located at 633 Osceola Avenue in Winter Park.
www.ci.winter-park.fl.us /2002/news/prsreleases/albin_highlight.shtml   (194 words)

  
 AOL CityGuide: - Orlando - Albin Polasek Sculpture Museum - Museum
A trip to the Albin Polasek Sculpture Museum is a diversion into a world of affluence.
The expansive estate is beautiful, and Polasek's sculptures are intriguing -- especially when you consider that many of them were carved while he was partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
Albin Polasek was an incredible artist, to the fullest definition.
cityguide.aol.com /orlando/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=102900963   (375 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
One silent night, probably, you will notice that our soul has become trifle and the only think that can release it is art through all its expressions, whether we are talking about architecture or theatre.
It is an elevating situation that those who embellish life are remembered for ever so that their endless works could rest alive in our memory for eternity.
If you want to change your life come and learn about a new life visiting Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden.
www.wonderful-people.com /Museums_and_galleries/Museums/Sculpture/index5/Scalty20168.htm   (211 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, FL : details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, FL : details
-- The Albin Polasek Museum features three galleries with sculptures and paintings by the internationally known Czech Sculptor Albin Polasek, as well as numerous antiquities from his collections.
PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens..
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 Information about the Daniel Boone half dollar coin
It is not a portrait but an imaginary idealized figure, not in the slightest degree resembling any of the four contemporaneous descriptions of Boone, nor yet Harding's portrait of Boone (made in 1818), nor even Albin Polasek's bust of him in the New York University Hall of Fame.
On reverse, the pseudo-Boone is represented as with the Shawnee Chief Black Fish (dressed in some other tribe's regalia) in a historically impossible palaver, allegedly discussing the treaty that was to put an end to the nine-day siege of Fort Boones borough, in Transylvania, part of what is now Kentucky.
In correspondence with C. Frank Dunn, Lukeman claimed that the Polasek bust, being backlit, was impossible to copy in profile except in silhouette.
www.usrarecoininvestments.com /collecting/danielboone.htm   (727 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
One day you will realize that our inner spirit has trasform into nothing and the only think that can save it from its doom is art through all its expressions, whether we are talking about painting or theatre.
It is an elevating situation that those who smarten up the inner spirit are remembered for ever so that their endless works could rest alive in our memory for eternity.
If you want to change your life come and change your perspective about life visiting Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden.
www.wonderful-people.com /Museums_and_galleries/Museums/Sculpture/index3/Scalty10111.htm   (189 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Florida FL, museum profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ...
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 Touch of Europe thrives in Florida | ajc.com
A lesser-known but worthwhile museum is the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.
The striking sculpture depicts a woman bent over a globe in despair, for her sons and all the sons in a world at war.
Through Jan. 23, the Polasek Museum is showing "Holiday Icons of Russia," on loan from the Hollingsworth Fine Art Galleries of Orlando.
www.ajc.com /travel/content/travel/southeast/fl_stories/0105/05getawaywinterpark.html   (1247 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum : 633 Osceola Ave - Orlando Museum
Albin Polasek Museum : 633 Osceola Ave - Orlando Museum
The former home and studio of world-renowned sculptor Albin Polasek was transformed into a museum in 1961 to exhibit his work.
Polasek designed and built the home in 1950 on a moss-hung, oak-treed site on Lake Osceola in Winter Park, where three acres of garden are now populated by his classical-realist statuary.
www.travelgrande.com /orlando-travel-guide/albin-polasek-museum-info.htm   (91 words)

  
 Around Campus - Central Florida Future - News
The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens has opened "A Man Carving His Own Destiny," an exhibit in the UCF library's special collections department from now until June 11.
Works are drawn from the archives at UCF that hold many of sculptor Albin Polasek's personal papers along with rare, fragile and often unseen works from the collection of the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park.
The special collections department is on the fifth floor, Room 501, and is open free to the public and the UCF community from 8 a.m.
www.ucfnews.com /news/2004/05/19/News/Around.Campus-682003.shtml   (386 words)

  
 Special Collections On Loan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Access is limited to those individuals who have made arrangements with the Polasek Museum manager, who can be reached at (407) 647-6294.
The Archives include photographs, books, letters, news clippings, and pamphlets associated with the life and work of sculptor Albin Polasek (1879 - 1965).
This collection acts as a depository for scrapbooks compiled by the Festival to document this event which began in 1961 and occurs yearly in March.
www.wppl.org /wphistory/CollLoan.htm   (154 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Galleries in Winter Park, Florida
The studio-home and gardens of the late Czech-American sculptor, Albin Polasek, have been turned into a loving memorial by his widow.
The quietly luxurious home was designed by Polasek himself and constructed in 1950 overlooking Lake Osceola.
Polasek was a devout Roman Catholic and a self-taught woodcarver who, as a young immigrant, found work carving religious statues in the Midwest.
www.theotherorlando.com /contents/chapters/17/polasek.html   (297 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum in Orlando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Albin Polasek Museum can be found at 633 Osceola Ave in Orlando.
As one of the city's Museum/ Attraction venues, it can be compared to other venues such as Dueling Dragons, Sea Base Alpha, Art Of Disney, among others.
Attractions such as Lucy: A Tribute, Dinoland U.s.a., Canada, are all in the same area as Albin Polasek Museum.
orlando.hotelprofessor.com /travel-guide/albin-polasek-museum.html   (75 words)

  
 Albin Polasek Museum User Reviews - Orlando Attraction Info
Albin Polasek Museum User Reviews - The Albin Polasek Museum located in Orlando Florida - This section offers our visitors a place to voice their opinions about Attraction Museum from their visits to the Albin Polasek Museum.
I had a pleasant time at Albin Polasek Museum while in Orlando.
I will return to Albin Polasek Museum on my next trip to Orlando.
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 Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Winter Park, Florida (Art Museums)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum and gardens are a showcase for the works and private collection of sculptor Albin Polasek.
The museum grounds take in the beautiful estate on which the artist's home and studio are situated and where a major portion of his life's works are now on display.
Three acres of gardens contain large sculpture pieces and four galleries housing additional works are open to public viewing, as are the Polasek house and studio.
www.ohwy.com /fl/a/alpomugd.htm   (168 words)

  
 A Call for Artists: Outdoor Art that Whirls and Twirls
--- The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens invites sculptors to submit works to the museum as a part of the upcoming special exhibition Wind Sculpture: Outdoor Art that Whirls and Twirls, running October 18-December 18, 2005.
Works will be installed outdoors in the museum’s sculpture gardens and cannot require an independent pedestal or base.
The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, retirement home of 2004 Florida Artists Hall of Fame recipient Albin Polasek, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.polasek.org /artman/publish/article_52.html   (236 words)

  
 Walking Death: Stejskal-Buchal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This larger-than-life bronze sculpture was designed by Albin Polasek, creator of "The Mother".
It represents Death, in the form of an old woman, walking toward the Stejskal-Buchal mausoleum.
The figure's face is overshadowed by its hood.
www.graveyards.com /bohemian/walking.html   (36 words)

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