Mario Korbel

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Black Angel statue (1913) in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City

Mario Josef Korbel (also Mario Joseph Korbel or Josef Mario Korbel ; born March 22, 1882 in Osík , Austria-Hungary , today the Czech Republic ; † March 31, 1954 in New York ) was a Czech sculptor and medalist .

Live and act

At the age of 17 he went to study in Prague without financial means . He went to the USA in 1900 but returned to Europe in 1905 to complete his studies in Berlin , Munich and Paris . In 1913 he moved to New York.

In the meantime, Korbel lived in Cuba for a few years , where he created the statue of the Alma Mater in front of the University of Havana in 1919 . During his Cuban days he also made a medal with the portrait of the third Cuban President Mario García Menocal . He also created a fountain for the garden of the presidential palace (now the Revolution Museum ) in Havana .

In 1944 Mario Korbel was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

Works

  • Black Angel statue (1913) in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City .
  • Statue of the Alma Mater (1919) in front of the entrance to the University of Havana.
  • Bronze medal with the portrait of the third Cuban President Mario García Menocal.
  • 1939 bronze medal for the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia by Nazi Germany .
  • Fountain in the garden of the former presidential palace (today's Revolution Museum) in Havana

literature

  • Mario Korbel 1882–1954 , in: American Sculpture: A Catalog of the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1965, pp. 145–146, limited preview in the Google book search.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography in: Vítejte na stránkách obce Osík. Vesnice roku Pardubického kraje roku 2008 (Czech).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Mario Korbel 1882–1954 , in: American Sculpture: A Catalog of the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1965, pp. 145–146, here p. 145, restricted Preview in Google Book Search.
  3. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "K" / Korbel, Mario Joseph NA 1944 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 29, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org
  4. ↑ Lot 328: Czechoslovakia Bronze Medal 1939. Artemis Gallery. Invaluable, accessed July 26, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Korbel, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korbel, Mario J .; Korbel, Mario Josef; Korbel, Mario Joseph; Korbel, Josef Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Osík , Austria-Hungary , today the Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1954
Place of death new York