Canadian Artist Who Escaped Soviet Bloc Paints Epic Ode to Liberty and the American Dream

Canadian Artist Who Escaped Soviet Bloc Paints Epic Ode to Liberty and the American Dream
Canadian-Hungarian artist Frank Licsko. Courtesy of Frank Licsko
Michael Wing
Michael Wing
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Frank Licsko’s life began behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Hungary, but he escaped communism for freedom in the West, where he went on to become a professional artist.

Licsko, who now lives on Vancouver Island in B.C., just completed a two-metre homage to American liberty whose centrepiece is Lady Liberty herself. He says what it expresses is something his father would have been killed for expressing in his once-communist homeland.

Michael Wing
Michael Wing
Editor and Writer
Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.