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Dublin Core
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Title
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Collection
Alternative Title
Polasek Collection
Subject
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens
Winter Park (Fla.)
Art--Southern States
Artists--Florida
Contributor
<a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/34" target="_blank">Winter Park Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Rights Holder
Copyright to these resources is held by the <a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.polasek.org/about/" target="_blank">ABOUT</a>." Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens. http://www.polasek.org/about/.
Description
The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, located at 633 Osceola Avenue in Winter Park, Florida. Albin Polasek, known internationally for his sculptures, retired to Lake Osceola in Winter Park in 1950. The same year that he had moved to Florida, Polasek suffered from a stroke, which paralyzed the right side of his body. Seven months later, he married one of his former students, Ruth Sherwood, who died just two years later. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, Polasek was able to create 18 major works in his later years. In 1961, he married Emily Muska Kubat and the set up the Albin Polasek Foundation, opening up the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, located in parts of Polasek's home and studio, which featured his personal galleries, chapel, and gardens. On May 19, 1965, Polasek passed away and was buried beside his first wife at Palm Cemetery.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photographic print
Dublin Core
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Title
Albin Polasek
Alternative Title
Albin Polasek
Subject
Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965
Artists--Florida
Sculptors--United States
Painters--Southern States
Description
A portrait of Albin <span>Polasek</span>, a local art legend in Orange County, Florida, who is also recognized nationally and internationally for his work. <span>Polasek</span> was born in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic), on February 14, 1879. He later migrated to Vienna, Austria, where he apprenticed as a woodcarver. In 1901, at age 22, <span>Polasek</span> immigrated to the Midwestern United States. At age 25, he began attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied under Charles Grafly. Two of his most well-known sculptures were created while he was a student: <em>Man Carving His Own Destiny</em> and <em>Eternal Moment</em>. <span>Polasek</span> was granted American citizenship in 1909 and he earned the Prix de Rome in 1910, which granted him a three-year fellowship at the American Academy of Art in Rome, Italy. He also received the Paris Salon for <em>The Sower</em> in 1913 and the George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1915 for <em>Aspiration</em>. After completing his studies in Rome, <span>Polasek</span> migrated to New York City, New York. In 1916, when he was 37, the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, invited <span>Polasek</span> to head its sculpture department. While in Chicago, he sculpted <em>Forest Idyl</em>, <em>Victorious Christ</em>, and <em>The Spirit of Music</em>. In 1927, he was elected as an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design, which is an honorary degree conferred to America's top painters, sculptors, and architects. <span>Polasek</span> also achieved full academician status in 1933.<br /><br />In 1950, when <span>Polasek</span> was 70, he retired to Winter Park, Florida, where he built a home on Lake Osceola. That same year, he suffered from a stroke, which paralyzed the right side of his body. Seven months later, he married one of his former students, Ruth Sherwood, who died just two years later. Despite being confined to a wheelchair, <span>Polasek</span> was able to create 18 major works in his later years. In 1961, he married Emily Muska Kubat and the set up the Albin Polasek Foundation, opening up the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, located at 633 Osceola Avenue in Winter Park, which featured his personal galleries, chapel, and gardens. On May 19, 1965, <span>Polasek</span> passed away and was buried beside his first wife at Palm Cemetery. In 2000, <span>Polasek</span> was named a "Great Floridian," a distinction reserved for those who have made a significant contribution to the state culturally and historically. In 2004, he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photographic print: <a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a>, Winter Park, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a>, Winter Park, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/admin/collections/show/id/152" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Collection</a>, Winter Park Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print.
Coverage
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, Florida
Publisher
Chambers
Date Created
ca. 1879-1965
Format
image/jpg
Extent
179 KB
Medium
1 black and white photographic print
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Visual Arts Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.polasek.org/" target="_blank">Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.polasek.org/about/albin-polasek-biography/" target="_blank">ALBIN POLASEK BIOGRAPHY</a>." Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens. http://www.polasek.org/about/albin-polasek-biography/.
Polasek, Emily M. K., and Albin Polasek. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2724030" target="_blank"><em>Albin Polasek: Man Carving His Own Destiny</em></a>. 1970.
Sherwood, Ruth. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1240669" target="_blank"><em>Carving His Own Destiny: The Story of Albin Polášek</em></a>. Chicago: R.F. Seymour, 1954.
Albin Polasek
Albin Polasek Foundation
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens
American Academy in Rome
apprentice
art
Art Institute of Chicago
artist
Chambers
Chicago, Illinois
Eternal Moment
Frenštát pod Radhoště, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Moravia
Man Carving His Own Destiny
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rome, Lazio, Italy
sculpting
sculptor
sculpture
Vienna, Austria
Winter Park
woodcarver
woodcarving