Stanislav Szukalski /Sculptor

[Lone Wolf]

Really amazing sculptor I recently discovered on the web. His bio is also very interesting.

Here is a example of a really beautiful piece.

http://szukalski.com/images/struggle500.jpg

[kev ferrara]

I'm a huge fan too. My first exposure to him was in a small chapter of Ben Hecht's excellent autobiography Child of the Century. (no pictures, but interesting)

I'd highly recommend Struggle and The Lost Tune both available from www.szukalski.com and possibly amazon.com. His books from the 20s The Works of Szukalski and Projects in Design are phenomenally rare and expensive and the only way I was able to view them was in the special collections sections of the various libraries that have copies. You will have to ask you local library for helping in searching for these books.

His masterpiece, which doesn't seem to come up in the average Google search is, IMHO, Boleslaw the Brave (see below).. although Struggle (the piece you posted), Mickiewicz, and The Immigrants (Flight of the Emigrants) are also among my favorites.

kev

[Lone Wolf]

Great to see that you are a fan Kev. Thanks for those pics by the way.

Have you ever seen his work live?

[GriNGo]

Thanks for the find lone wolf... astounding sculptures.