Jaroslav Cicko - A Girl
created: 13. 01. 2022 12:32 modified: 13. 01. 2022 12:37
The sculpture made of one piece of wood is a depiction of a young Romani girl with loose hair, with characteristic beads on her neck, a typical long flowing skirt and a large scarf in her hand. The statue contains the author's signature on its bottom. The name of the statue is created by the cataloger, as the statue does not contain any descriptive label.
Height: 69 cm
Width: 12 cm
The statue comes from the collection of OZ Jekhetane-Spolu.
Jaroslav Cicko is a well-known Romani artist and sculptor who created his works mainly from wood, but also stone.
He was born on March 25, 1939 in Martin and died on November 18, 2010 in Horná Štubňa in the district of Turčianske Teplice.
He worked as a toolmaker at the Heavy Engineering Plant in Martin and as a carver at the Martin Studio of Non-Professional Artists. He was a lecturer at symposia of non-professional artists.
In 2000, he exhibited his works and demonstrated various methods of creating his works in Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Italy.
The most common motif of his works is a woman in all her forms.
author: Jaroslav Cicko
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 01. 10. 2021
category: Crafts
tags: active traditional artistic wood carving Jaroslav Cicko general audience internal
