Korczak Ziolkowski

Korczak Ziolkowski was the American designer and sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial.

Ziolkowski was born September 6, 1908 in Boston to Polish parents. Orphaned at the age of one, he grew up in a series of foster homes. Although he never received any formal art training, his gifts as a sculptor began to show at an early age. After putting himself through Rindge Technical School, he became an apprentice to a Boston ship maker.

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