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Hviezdoslavovo námestie

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

(Vyšný Kubín (Felsőkubin) 1849 - Dolný Kubín 1921)
Slovak poet, dramatist, translator and for a short time member of the Czechoslovak parliament
(Wikipedia)

Jozef Pospíšil & Vojtech Ihriský
1937

Description

Bronze statue of Hviezdoslav sitting on a rock and writing with a feather in a book.

Inscription(s)

HVIEZDOSLAV

Signed: (statue): j. pospišil
v. ihriský
arch. j. lehocký
(pedestal): postavil i. sbor slovenskej ligv. / albert förster / cukmantlvesl

Sculptors

Vojtech Ihriský (Krásno nad Kysucou 1899 - 1988), Slovak sculptor.
Jozef Pospíšil (Siladice 1897 - Bratislava 1976), Slovak sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 48°8'30" - E 17°6'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skbr003; Photograph: 5 September 2012
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