The statue of the Košice's Coat-of-arms Arpád Račko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak

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. He was born in

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and lived in

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. Arpád Račko studied at the prestigious Academy of Creative Arts in

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, in the art studio of

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Jan Lauda. There has been a big influence of the sculptural work of

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sculptors Josef Václav Myslbek and Jan Štursa on his work. Arpád Račko has created dozens of

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, portraits 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

in 2015.

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Artists from Košice 20th-century Slovak sculptors 21st-century Slovak sculptors 20th-century Hungarian sculptors 21st-century Hungarian sculptors 2015 deaths 1930 births {{Hungary-sculptor-stub