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Leo Mol (born January 15, 1915) is a Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor. He was born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne near Shepetivka, Ukraine. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. ...
Shepetivka is a town in Khmelnitsky province. ...
Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940. In 1943, he studied in The Hague, and in December, 1948, he and his wife, Magareth (whom he married in 1943), emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...
Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: officially s-Gravenhage, commonly Den Haag) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 472,087 (January 1, 2005) (700,000 in the larger metropolitan area) and an area of approximately 100...
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Over three hundred of Mol's works are displayed in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park. The garden was unveiled in 1992 and has been expanded twice since. It is supported by private donations, and Mol personally donated most of the sculpture. In 2002, his sculpture Lumberjacks was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.-1...
For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...
In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The Order of Manitoba, established in 1999, is the highest honour of the Province of Manitoba. ...
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. ...
He has received honorary degrees from the University of Winnipeg, the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba. The University of Winnipeg received its charter in 1967 but its roots date back more than 130 years. ...
The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ...
The University of Manitoba (established in 1877) is one of four universities in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was the first university ever established in Western Canada. ...
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