Leo Mol: A man for all media

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Leo Mol, the Winnipeg artist whose funeral is to be held Monday in his sculpture garden in Assiniboine Park, is most celebrated for his bronze sculptures. But  he was comfortable in more than one medium. Mol, who died last Saturday at 94, painted, sketched, did mosaics and created in stained glass. His funeral service, which starts at 7 p.m., is open to the public.

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Leo Mol, the Winnipeg artist whose funeral is to be held Monday in his sculpture garden in Assiniboine Park, is most celebrated for his bronze sculptures. But  he was comfortable in more than one medium. Mol, who died last Saturday at 94, painted, sketched, did mosaics and created in stained glass. His funeral service, which starts at 7 p.m., is open to the public.

 

 

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Leo Mol in his studio in 1994, as he approached his 80th birthday.
PHIL.HOSSACK@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Leo Mol in his studio in 1994, as he approached his 80th birthday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leo Mol
PHIL.HOSSACK@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Leo Mol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leo Mol works in his studio.
PHIL.HOSSACK@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Leo Mol works in his studio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mol's sculpure in bronze of Tom Lamb.
WAYNE.GLOWACKI@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Mol's sculpure in bronze of Tom Lamb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mol’s sculpture the Dream, in bronze
TREVOR.HAGAN@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Mol’s sculpture the Dream, in bronze

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mol’s sculpture in  bronze, Intrepid (Sir William Stephenson).
WAYNE.GLOWACKI@freepress.mb.ca / ARCHIVES Mol’s sculpture in bronze, Intrepid (Sir William Stephenson).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The walls and ceiling of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brandon are among Mol’s earliest works in Canada. He did them shortly after he arrived in 1950.
Colin Corneau/Brandon Sun The walls and ceiling of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brandon are among Mol’s earliest works in Canada. He did them shortly after he arrived in 1950.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mol's  stained glass window is repaired at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. Vladimir and Olga in Winnipeg.
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES Mol's stained glass window is repaired at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. Vladimir and Olga in Winnipeg.

 

 

 

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