Arpád Račko

Arpád Račko

The academic sculptor Arpád Račko (born on July 17, 1930 in Szolnok, Hungary) is a famous Slovak sculptor.

He lives and creates in Košice.

Arpád Račko 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 Račko 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.


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