Albin Polasek papers

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Albin Polasek papers

1937-1964

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A biographical sketch of Polasek by Regina Soria, 1964; 2 photographs of Polasek, 1963, one photograph of his work and one photograph of his home; a catalog of Polasek's work published by Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 1937; a postcard reproduction; and 3 clippings.

10 Items (on partial microfilm reel)

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Brookgreen Gardens

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Brookgreen Gardens was incorporated on July 13, 1931 by Archer Milton Huntington and Anna Hyatt Huntington of New York City. Archer Huntington was an industrialist, scholar and founder of several cultural institutions. His wife Anna Hyatt Huntington was an award-winning sculptor. The property, originally purchased by the Huntingtons as a winter retreat, incorporated four historic plantation properties in the Georgetown County, South Carolina near Murrells Inlet. The purpose of incorporating Broo...

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...