Emilie Benes Brzezinski

Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (born Emilie Anna Beneš; January 21, 1932 – July 22, 2022) was a Swiss-American sculptor and the wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Emilie Beneš Brzezinski
Born
Emilie Anna Benešová

(1932-01-21)January 21, 1932
Geneva, Switzerland
DiedJuly 22, 2022(2022-07-22) (aged 90)
Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
EducationWellesley College, Massachusetts
Known forSculpture
Spouse
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(m. 1961; died 2017)​
Children
Cherry Pantomime

Education and career

Emilie Beneš was born in Geneva, Switzerland. She earned a fine arts degree at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, United States. After marrying, she sculpted for 25 years while raising a family, then had her first solo show in 1981 in Washington, D.C.[1]

From the 1980s on, most of her works have been in wood. Her monumental 1993 work Lintel, constructed from cut cherry trees and then cast in bronze, is in the collection of Grounds for Sculpture, a 35-acre (140,000 m2) sculpture park and museum in New Jersey.[2] She exhibited in the 2003 Florence Biennale and participated by invitation in the 2005 Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale.[3] The Kreeger Museum had an exhibition of her work in 2014.[4]

Personal life

Václav Edvard Beneš, a mathematician, was her brother. Shortly after graduating from Wellesley, Emilie Beneš, herself a relative of Czechoslovakia's former president Edvard Beneš, married Polish-born emigrant turned naturalized citizen Zbigniew Brzezinski, a political scientist who served as an adviser to President Carter.[5] The Brzezinskis have three children. Their oldest son, Ian Brzezinski, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy in 2001–2005. Their second son, Mark Brzezinski, is the current U.S. Ambassador to Poland. Their youngest child, Mika Brzezinski, is a co-host for MSNBC.

Emilie Benes Brzezinski died on July 22, 2022, at the age of 90.[6]

References
  1. "Emilie Brzezinski: Dialog with Wood". Washington, D. C.: American University. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  2. "Emilie Benes Brzezinski: Lintel (1993)". Grounds for Sculpture. groundsforsculpture.org. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Exhibitions | The Kreeger Museum". www.kreegermuseum.org.
  5. "Family Tree | Wellesley Magazine". magazine.wellesley.edu.
  6. Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski’s wife was 90 years old
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