Albin Polasek's Victorious Christ
by Marie Dudek Brown
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Albin Polasek's Victorious Christ
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Marie Dudek Brown
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Photograph - Photography
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Albin Polasek devoted a large part of 1939 to creating this as what he wanted to be his supreme achievement. There is no suggestion of defeat in this figure. It shows the dying Christ at the moment of his utterance, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” The head is uplifted, the whole figure vibrant and alight with the triumph of the spirit over suffering and death. http://polasek.org/victorious-christ/
This photograph shows a smaller scale casting as it is displayed in his home studio at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden in Winter Park, Florida. The actual work is above the main altar in St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska.
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March 21st, 2021
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