Man Carving His Own Destiny - Albin Polasek Museum - Winter Park, Florida, USA.
N 28° 35.783 W 081° 20.650
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A larger than life carving in Limestone named 'Man Carving His Own Destiny' - Located at the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, or The Polasek, a historic site in Winter Park, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMGZA9
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2013
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Entrance to the museum front garden is free, but the museum is worth the entance fee if you are interested in Art & Sculptures.
The first sculpture called Man carving his own destiny was done in 1907. This sculpture in Limestone is Albin Polaseks 1961 version.
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"The idea took concrete form before his mind’s eye: Man, blindly hewing his way out of darkness, carving his own destiny! (Polasek) could hardly wait to get home to start his composition. Man, chiseling himself, struggling to hack out his own character, carving his future by the effort of his will?–?it was part of his life, just what he himself had done, and into this composition he threw his whole soul, expressing himself more fully than he had ever done before." Text Source: (
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Info about the artist from Wikipedia:
"Albin Polasek (February 14, 1879 – May 19, 1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator. He created more than four hundred works during his career, two hundred of which are now displayed in the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida." Text Source: (
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Location:
The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens.
633 Osceola Avenue,
Winter Park,
Florida.
USA.