Arpád Račko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arpád Račko

Slovak sculptor

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1930

Place of Birth: Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary

Date of Death: 02-Jan-2015

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Arpád Racko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak sculptor. He was born in Szolnok, Hungary and lived in Košice. Arpád Racko studied at the prestigious Academy of Creative Arts in Prague, in the art studio of professor Jan Lauda.
There has been a big influence of the sculptural work of Czech sculptors Josef Václav Myslbek and Jan Štursa on his work. Arpád Racko has created dozens of sculptures, plastic arts, 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 Košice in 2015.