Albin Polasek Collection. 1910-1982

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Albin Polasek Collection. 1910-1982

Scrapbooks, correspondence, business records, certificates, speeches, photographs, pamphlets, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, and related papers. The Albin Polasek Collection includes materials on the life and work of Czech sculptor and Winter Park resident Albin Polasek.

5 boxes; 2 linear feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6327309

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Albin Polasek

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Albin Polasek was born at Frenstat in Moravia, the Czech Republic in 1879. He came to the United States in 1901 making his trade as a wood carver. In 1906 he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under the instruction of Charles Grafly and won the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1907, 1908, and 1909. 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. In 19...

Albin Polasek Foundation.

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Polášek, Albín, 1879-1965

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Artist, sculptor. Albin Polasek was born in Moravia, the Czech Republic, in 1879. He came to the United States in 1901 working as a wood carver. In 1906 he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Charles Grafly and won the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1907, 1908 and 1909. 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. In 1916 he went...

Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.

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