Mario Korbel American, 1882-1954

Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman, 1912
Bronze
18 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 inches
Signed: JM Korbel 1912, Stamped: MONTEGUIELLI CIRE PERDUE PARIS
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Mario Joseph Korbel was born in Bohemia, later a part of Czechoslovakia, in 1882.  He studied art there, and at the age of 18 came to the United States and settled in Chicago. After five years he returned to Europe, studying in Berlin, at the Royal Academy, Munich, and in Paris at the Academie Julian.  He returned to the United States, spending time in New York City, Chicago, and eventually in 1913 he settled in New York. During the 1920s, Korbel’s most significant sponsor was George Booth, the owner of the Detroit News.

 

He worked in bronze, often experimenting with this media, trying new patinas and textures. He often depicted idealized female nudes, and worked in the neoclassical style. Korbel was an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design, 1937; and full member of the Nation Academy of Design, 1944.  His works are in a number of public collections, and he completed commissions for the state of Illinois, the McPhee Memorial in Denver, the University of Havana, Cuba, the Czech National Council, and the British-American Ambulance Corps.

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Mario Joseph Korbel was born in Bohemia, later a part of Czechoslovakia, in 1882.  He studied art there, and at the age of 18 came to the United States and settled in Chicago. After five years he returned to Europe, studying in Berlin, at the Royal Academy, Munich, and in Paris at the Academie Julian.  He returned to the United States, spending time in New York City, Chicago, and eventually in 1913 he settled in New York. During the 1920s, Korbel’s most significant sponsor was George Booth, the owner of the Detroit News.

 

He worked in bronze, often experimenting with this media, trying new patinas and textures. He often depicted idealized female nudes, and worked in the neoclassical style. Korbel was an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design, 1937; and full member of the Nation Academy of Design, 1944.  His works are in a number of public collections, and he completed commissions for the state of Illinois, the McPhee Memorial in Denver, the University of Havana, Cuba, the Czech National Council, and the British-American Ambulance Corps.

Awards and Memberships

American Academy

French Legion of Honor

National Sculpture Society

Architectural League of New York

Czechoslovak Art Club

Evangelical Church Club

Embassy Club

Museums and public collections

Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Art Institute of Chicago

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut

Museum of Fine Arts of St Petersburg, St Petersburg, Florida

Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

Fogg Museum. Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts

Caramoor Rosen House, Katonah, New York

Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Illinois Monument, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Marietta, Georgia

Racine Heritage Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

‘’Black Angel’’, Oakland Cemetery (Iowa City, Iowa), Iowa City, Iowa

Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

McPhee Memorial, Denver, Colorado

Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Alma Mater statue, Universidad de La Habana, Havana, Cuba (1919)

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