Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpting the Echoes of Trauma and Resilience Born in Germany during a tumultuous period – 1942, a year etched in history by war and displacement – Ursula von Rydingsvard’s life has been profoundly shaped by experiences that resonate deeply within her art. Her early years were marked by instability and upheaval, born into Polish and Ukrainian peasant farming families subjected to the horrors of Nazi forced labor. This formative backdrop, witnessing firsthand the brutality of conflict and the fragility of human existence, became a silent but powerful catalyst for her a…