Leo Mol
| Leo Mol | |
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| Birth name | Leonid Molodozhanyn |
| Born | January 15, 1915 Polonne, Ukraine |
| Died | July 4, 2009 (aged 94) Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Field | Sculpture, Painting, Drawing |
| Training | Leningrad Academy of Arts |
Leo Mol, OC, OM (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009) was a Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor.
Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Ukraine,[1] Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940.[2] Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union he moved to Germany where he was influenced by Arno Breker.[1] In 1945, he moved to The Hague, and in December, 1948, he and his wife, Magareth (whom he married in 1943), emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3][4]
More than 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.
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[edit] Works
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Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol's Taras Shevchenko Monument, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol's Taras Shevchenko Monument, Leo Mol Sculpture Garden at Assiniboine Park Winnipeg Canada
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Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg
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Leo Mol's bust of Taras Shevchenko at Shevchenko School - Vita, Manitoba
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Inscription on Leo Mol's Taras Shevchenko Memorial, Dupont Circle, D.C..
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Leo Mol's Taras Shevchenko Memorial, Dupont Circle, D.C.. The stonework was created by the Jones Brothers Company of Barre, Vermont. The sculptor of the granite monument was Vincent Illuzzi of Barre, Vermont. Leo Mol created the bronze statue that stands next to the granite sculpture.
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Leo Mol's statue of Terry Fox in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia engraved with "Somewhere the hurting must stop..."
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Leo Mol's Taras Shevchenko Memorial, Palermo, Buenos Aires
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Leo Mol's Statue of John Diefenbaker on Parliament Hill, Ottawa Canada. He is depicted wearing an overcoat over a suit. He carries the Bill of Rights under his arm.
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In 2002, his sculpture Lumberjacks was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.[3]
He was always known as a particularly prolific artist and some of his most famous works include likenesses of three different Popes which stand in museums in the Vatican. He also has a sculpture of Taras Shevchenko on display on Washington’s Embassy Row.[5]
Other important subjects who Mol sculpted include members of the Group of 7, A. J. Casson, A.Y. Jackson and Frederick Varley.[6] Mol also sculpted Sir Winston Churchill 1966, Peter Kuch, Dwight D. Eisenhower 1965, John F. Kennedy 1969, Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook ca. 1970, Terry Fox 1982.[7] On Parliament Hill in Ottawa stands his impressive over life-size standing portrait figure of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker 1985[8] Also on Parliament Hill stands an impressive bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II.[9]
Mol died July 4, 2009, at the Tache Centre medical facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was 94.[2]
[edit] Honours
In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[10] In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[4]
He received honorary degrees from the University of Winnipeg, the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba.[4]
Mol's was also made an Honourary Academician of the Canadian Portrait Academy (Hon. CPA) in 2000.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alison Mayes (July 6, 2009). "Winnipeg sculptor Leo Mol dead at age 94". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.canada.com/travel/Winnipeg%20sculptor%20dead/1764637/story.html.
- ^ a b "Leo Mol, Winnipeg sculptor, dies at 94". CBC. July 6, 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/07/06/mb-leo-mol-winnipeg.html.
- ^ a b "Famed sculptor Leo Mol dead at 94". July 6, 2009. http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090706/wpg_leo_mol_dead_090706?hub=WinnipegHome.
- ^ a b c "ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST: Leo Mol was Manitoba's best-known and most honoured sculptor". Winnipeg Free Press. July 7, 2009. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/accomplished-artist-leo-mol-was-manitobas-best-known-and-most-honoured-sculptor-50117947.html.
- ^ Alison Mayes. "From a humble start Leo Mol forged a prolific art career". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/arts/From-a-humble-star-Mol-forged-a-prolific-art-career--50048427.html.
- ^ Leo Mol Sculpture 1952-1979, McMichael Canadian Collection
- ^ Leo Mol, Loch Gallery, 1984
- ^ Parliament Hill Statues, Public Works and Government Services Canada, http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/terrains-grounds/statues-eng.html, retrieved 2009-10-20
- ^ Bronze sculptor Leo Mol: The Canadian Press, Loch Gallery, http://www.lochgallery.com/content/view/184/50/, retrieved 2009-10-20
- ^ "Order of Canada citation". http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2622.
- ^ Honourary Members, Canadian Portrait Academy, http://www.canadianportraitacademy.com/, retrieved 2009-10-20
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