Albin Polasek (1879-1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator. He created more than four hundred works during his career, two hundred of which are now displayed in the The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens is a non-profit museum on 3-acre grounds, founded in 1961 and dedicated to the life and works of Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek. ...Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ...Winter Park, Florida.

Born in Frenstat, Moravia (Czech: Morava) is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. ...Moravia (now National motto: Truth prevails ( Czech: Pravda vítězí) Official language Czech Capital Praha ( Prague) President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Stanislav Gross Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 114th 78,866 km² 2% Population  - Total ( 2003)  - Density Ranked 76th 10. ...Czech Republic), Polasek apprenticed as a wood carver in This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ...Vienna. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 22, and began formal art training at age 25 under Charles Grafly at the The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art school in the United States, founded in Philadelphia in 1805. ...Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in This article refers to the largest city of Pennsylvania. ...Philadelphia. As a student, he first produced Man Carving His Own Destiny (1907) and Eternal Moment (1909). In 1909, Polasek became an American citizen and in 1910, won the The Prix de Rome is a scholarship for students of the arts. ...Prix de Rome competition. At age 37, after periods of residence in The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ...Rome and This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. ...New York City, he was invited to head the sculpture department at the On the western edge of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the premier art museums and schools in the United States, known especially for the extensive collection of impressionist and American art in its museum. ...Art Institute of Chicago, where he remained for nearly thirty years. Polasek was elected an Associate Member of the The National Academy of Design, in New York, (often termed simple The National Academy) is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. ...National Academy of Design in 1927, and full member in 1933.

In 1950, Polasek retired at age 71 to Winter Park is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ...Winter Park, Florida. Within months he suffered a stroke that left his left side paralyzed; he subsequently completed eighteen major works with his right hand only. Towards the end of 1950, he married former student Ruth Sherwood who died 18 months later. In 1961, Polasek married Emily Muska Kubat. Upon his death in 1965, Polasek was buried beside his first wife in Winter Park's Palms Cemetery, where his 12th Station of the Cross (1939) is his monument. Emily M. K. Polasek died in 1988.

Polasek's better-known works include the Theodore Thomas Memorial (1924) and Masaryk Memorial (1941) in Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. ...Chicago; and the Wilson Memorial (1926), Radigast (1929) and Sts. Cyril and Methodius (1929) in the National motto: Truth prevails ( Czech: Pravda vítězí) Official language Czech Capital Praha ( Prague) President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Stanislav Gross Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 114th 78,866 km² 2% Population  - Total ( 2003)  - Density Ranked 76th 10. ...Czech Republic. His Mother Crying Over the World (1942) was a response to Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. ...World War II, and his Victory of Moral Law (1956) to the Hungarians investigate a disabled Soviet tank in Budapest The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a popular revolt against Soviet influence and control in Hungary. ...Hungarian Revolution.