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Listen: The Blues ProgramPortrait of Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek.
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Born on February 14, 1879 in Frenstat, Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic. After serving as an apprentice woodcarver, at age 22 he immigrated to the U.S., following his two brothers, both priests, to Minnesota. Served nearly 30 years as head of the sculpture department for the Art Institute of Chicago before retiring to Winter Park, Florida in 1949. In 1961, Polasek married Emily Muska Kubat. The couple set up the Albin Polasek Foundation and transformed the Polasek's home into the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, which remains one of Florida's most popular cultural attractions. He died on May 19, 1965. Posthumously inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004.
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