Carol Storck (1854-1926)

Carol Storck (born May 10, 1854 in Bucharest, died 1926 in Bucharest was a romanian sculptor. He was a member of a family of sculptors, both his father [[Karl Storck (1826-1887) and his brother [[Frederic Storck (1972-1842) having the same profession.

Carol Storck studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze with sculptor Augusto Rivalta (1837-1925) a representative of the academic realist-naturist tradition. From 1876 to 1880 he studied in the [[United States of America, working mainly in Philadelphia.

In 1880 he returned to Romania.

Among his most known works are:


 * the allegoric statues on the Palace of Justice (Bucharest)


 * the statue of Carol Davila.


 * The monument in Smârdan, Bulgaria


 * The monument of general Matei Vlădescu located in the cemetery of the Viforâta convent in Aninoasa, Dâmboviţa county.


 * The statue of painter Theodor Aman which was relocated in 1992 on the painter's tomb.


 * The monument of poet Dimitrie Bolintineanu (1819-1872) in Bolintin-Vale


 * The portrait of Iulia Hasdeu exposed at present in the Iulia Hasdeu Castle in Câmpina, Prahova county


 * The monument of Dinicu Golescu in Bucharest, for which he cooperated with sculptors Dimitrie D. Mirea and Wladimir Hegel..

Other works of Carol Storck are presented in the Frederic and Cecilia Cuţescu Storck museum in Bucharest.