MARIO JOSEPH KORBEL SCULPTURES FOR SALE & BIOGRAPHY
MARIO JOSEPH KORBEL
American, 1882-1954
BIOGRAPHY
Mario J. Korbel was born in Osik, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in March 1882 to a clergyman, Joseph Korbel, and his wife Katherina Dolezal Korbel. He began studying sculpture in his homeland and continued his studies after moving to the United States at the age of eighteen. Korbel returned to Europe to continue his training in Berlin, Munich and Paris.
Korbel was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the prestigious Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927, which was won by Bryant Barker. He was a member of the National Sculpture Society. Korbel was elected as an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and became a full Academician in 1944. The sculptor died in Manhattan in March 1954.
Museum and Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
Caramoor Rosen House, Katonah, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts, Honolulu, HI
Illinois Monument, Marietta, GA
Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
McPhee Memorial, Denver, CO
Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Racine Heritage Museum, Racine, WI
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Universidad de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
