A Life Sculpted in Resilience: The World of Kurt Gebauer Kurt Gebauer, born in Hradec nad Moravicí, Czech Republic, in 1941, is a sculptor whose life and work are inextricably linked to the tumultuous history of his homeland. His artistic journey began not within the sheltered walls of academia—though he would eventually find his place there—but in self-taught explorations of drawing and painting during a childhood marked by hardship. The shadow of World War II loomed large; his father, a Bohemian German, was drafted into the Wehrmacht and tragically died under mysterious circumstances early…