Sunday marks 85th anniversary of death of sculptor Jan Štursa

Sunday is the 85th anniversary of the death of Jan Štursa, who is regarded as one of the founders of modern Czech sculpting. Štursa studied under the great Josef Václav Myslbek at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts, before himself influencing a generation of sculptors as a teacher at the same institution. He committed suicide at the age of 44, apparently because he had contracted syphilis and was concerned about the consequences.