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The statue of the Košice's Coat-of-arms
Arpád Račko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak
The statue of the Košice's Coat-of-arms
Arpád Račko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak 
sculptor
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He was born in Szolnok
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, Hungary
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and lived in Košice.
Arpád Račko studied at the prestigious Academy of Creative Arts in Prague
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, in the art studio of professor
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. There has been a big influence of the sculptural work of Czech
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sculptors Josef Václav Myslbek
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Life
Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague ...
and Jan Štursa
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Birth and studies
Štursa was born in mountainous area of Vysočina Region. He studied masonry ...
on his work.
Arpád Račko has created dozens of sculptures
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, plastic arts, portraits
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and reliefs. The most popular of his works is the ''Marathoner statue'' at Námestie Maratónu mieru (''The Peace Marathon Square''), made in 1959, and the ''Statue of the Košice‘s Coat-of-arms'' at Hlavná ulica (''Main Street''), that he made in 2002. He died in Košice in 2015.
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