Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: [Louis Smolak] grew up in Chicago,

attended Lane Tech High School and graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Art. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute under the famous sculptor Alexander Archipenko. Although art was his first love and ultimate vocation, Louis boxed professionally during the years of the Great Depression to make ends meet and served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain.

from Green Bay Press Gazette: Smolak, Sculptor, Louis P.

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