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Czech-American sculptor (1932–2022)

Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (born Emilie Anna Beneš; January 21, 1932 – July 22, 2022) was a Swiss-American sculptor and the wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Education and career

Emilie Beneš was born in Geneva, Switzerland.

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She earned a fine arts degree at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, United States. After marrying, she sculpted for 25 years while raising a family, then had her first solo show in 1981 in Washington, D.C.^[1]

From the 1980s on, most of her works were in wood. Her monumental 1993 work Lintel, constructed from cut cherry trees and then cast in bronze, is in the collection of Grounds for Sculpture, a 35-acre (140,000 m²) sculpture park and museum in New Jersey.^[2] She exhibited in the 2003 Florence Biennale and participated by invitation in the 2005 Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale.^[3] The Kreeger Museum had an exhibition of her work in 2014.^{[4 Emilie Brzezinski | Studio Tashtego QEW}