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Boleslaw Biegas, (Polich, 1877 - 1954)
Chopin 1902
Bronze

The works of the Polich skulptor Boleslaw Biegas attracted the attention of the French critics, particularly his major work Chopin.
Here, Biegas Pays tribute to the romantic composer with a monumental vision, in a work sculpted with twisting, art nouveau - like lines. Faces and hands appear like spirits that shoot up out of the material and envelop
the pianist in a kind of swirling storm. At the time, Biegas' sculptures were completly avant-garde and attracted a greath deal of attention, to such an extent that the greath sculptor of the era, Auguste Rodin, sought out his Polish colleague.

Foto: John Jensen