Helen Zelezny-Scholz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Zelezny-Scholz

Czech sculptor

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1882

Place of Birth: Chropyně, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1974

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Helen Zelezny, also known in Europe as Helene Zelezny-Scholz, Helen Scholz, Helene Scholz-Zelezny or Helene Scholzová-Železná (16 August 1882 – 18 February 1974), was a Czech born sculptor and architectural sculptor.
She was an influential figure in the sculpture of north Moravia and Silesia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Zelezny created sculpted portraits, including portraits of members of the Habsburg family, Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Lady Sybil Grahamová, Benito Mussolini, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1932) with whom she had a close relationship.
Zelezny is also known as an Italian sculptor as she lived and worked for many years in Rome.