Jaroslav Cicko - Mother
created: 13. 01. 2022 11:06 modified: 13. 01. 2022 11:07
Mother (2000). The statue depicts a young woman - a mother with a baby in her arms. The beautiful sculpture is made of one piece of wood. The work is characterized by a detailed elaboration of the features of the face of a woman and a child.
At the bottom of the statue is the author's signature. The statue also contains a handwritten label with the title of the work and the year.
Height: 84.5 cm
Width: 12.5 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
