Zygmund Sazevich

Zygmund Sazevich (May 2, 1899 Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania) – 1968 San Francisco) was an American sculptor.

Relief sculpture at the entrance to the United States Post Office in San Mateo, California

He studied at the University of Kazan. He immigrated to the San Francisco area in 1923. He studied art at University of California, Berkeley and the California School of Fine Arts. He taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1947 to 1965, and at Mills College from 1947 to 1958.[1]

He created sculpture for Post Offices in Roseville, California,[2] San Mateo, California,[3][4] and carved three wood bas reliefs for the post office in Kent, Washington.[5] His bronze sculpture, Egrets, is at Los Altos, California.[6][7]

References
  1. Zygmund Sazevich – Biography, vital info and auction records for Zygmund Sazevich. Askart.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  2. "Roseville Post Office". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu
  3. "San Mateo/Leo J. Ryan Post Office". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu
  4. "New Deal/W.P.A. Art in California". Retrieved March 14, 2016.. wpamurals.com
  5. Washington Post Offices & New Deal Art – a set on Flickr. Flickr.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  6. Egrets – Los Altos, CA – Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on. Waymarking.com. Retrieved on 2013-02-07.
  7. Egrets, (sculpture). Siris-artinventories.si.edu (1994-10-31). Retrieved on 2013-02-07.


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