Enrico Glicenstein


Enrico Glicenstein was a Polishborn sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States.

Glicenstein was born in Turek, Poland in 1870 and named Enoch Hendryk Glicenstein. His father was a teacher who also worked as a monumental mason. He initially showed interest in being a rabbi whilst working in d painting signs and carving wood. After studying in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art he married Helena Hirszenberg in 1896. The couple lived in Rome where he adopted the name Enrico. His son Emanuel was born in Rome, and Glicenstein became an Italian citizen.

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