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Břetislav Benda
Břetislav
Benda
was a significant
Czech
sculptor
,
student
of
Josef Václav Myslbek
and member of
Mánes Union of Fine Arts
from
1923
.
Benda's bronzes often
focused
on the
female body
, being
one of the few
sculptors to
focus
on this almost exclusively. His
architectural sculpture
includes
interior
work
at the
St
.
Vitus
Cathedral
in
Prague
, the
Komerční banka
in
Náchod
and a relief for a 1935
savings bank
in
České Budějovice
.