# Lea Vivot
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{{short description|Czech-born Canadian sculptor (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Lea Vivot
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| birth_name = Drahomíra Hekelová
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}
| birth_place = [Šumperk](/source/%C5%A0umperk)-Horní Temenice, [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia) ([Moravia](/source/Moravia))
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| field = sculptor, graphic artist and printmaker
| training = [Ontario College of Art](/source/Ontario_College_of_Art), [Prague](/source/Prague), [Milan, Italy](/source/Milan%2C_Italy) and [New York City](/source/New_York_City),
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'''Lea Vivot''' is a Czech-born Canadian [sculptor](/source/sculpture). She has studied at the [Ontario College of Art](/source/Ontario_College_of_Art) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) as well as [Prague](/source/Prague), [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia), [Milan](/source/Milan), [Italy](/source/Italy) and [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [United States](/source/United_States). Although her main focus is sculpture, Vivot is also active in drawing and printmaking. Vivot’s over life-sized bronze sculptures are figurative and often depict families, couples, mothers, children, and other subjects of humanity. Most of her sculptures include benches, which have become her trademark.
==Works by Vivot==
* Following the [death](/source/death_and_state_funeral_of_Jack_Layton) of [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party) leader [Jack Layton](/source/Jack_Layton), Vivot announced that she would create three different public statues of him, for Toronto, Ottawa, and his hometown of [Hudson, Quebec](/source/Hudson%2C_Quebec).[[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/layton-s-likeness-to-be-cast-in-bronze-1.1055965 "Layton's likeness to be cast in bronze."] CBC News. September 25, 2011.]
* Tommy Douglas ([Weyburn](/source/Weyburn), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan))[{{Cite web |title=New Pieces |url=http://www.leavivot.com/new_pieces.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713194516/http://www.leavivot.com/new_pieces.htm |archive-date=2011-07-13 |website=www.leavivot.com}}]
* ''[The Secret Bench of Knowledge](/source/The_Secret_Bench_of_Knowledge)'' ([Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada), [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa))
* ''Endless Bench'' (Located at front of Toronto's [Hospital for Sick Children](/source/The_Hospital_for_Sick_Children%2C_Toronto))[{{Cite web |title=Endless Bench Sculpture |url=http://www.leavivot.com/endless_bench.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911060330/http://www.leavivot.com/endless_bench.htm |archive-date=2009-09-11 |website=www.leavivot.com}}]
* ''Le banc des amoureux'' ([Montreal Botanical Garden](/source/Montreal_Botanical_Garden), [Montreal](/source/Montreal))[http://picasaweb.google.com/100244606791412207006/JardinBotanique2010#5463534570959926994]
* ''Le banc du secret'' (Le 2001 McGill College, Montreal)[http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JVWRZIi1BbkoUlWVm6QtGA]
* Joy Of Life (1983): Montreal 1434 Sherbrooke Ave. West[{{Cite web |title=Joy of Life (2) - Vivot - Toronto Sculpture |url=http://www.dittwald.com/torontosculpture/image.php?Artist=Vivot&Title=Joy%20of%20Life%20(2) |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=www.dittwald.com}}]
* [''Lavička neřesti'' ''The Bench of Vice'', K Žižkovu 1851/4, Prague](/source/%3AFile%3ASculpture_Lea_Vivot_Bench_of_Vice_Prague_01.jpg)
==Gallery==
File:Sculpture Lea Vivot LAC BAC.jpg|Lea Vivot's ''The Secret Bench of Knowledge'' ([Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada), [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa))
File:Sculpture Lea Vivot Bench of Vice Prague 01.jpg|''The Bench of Vice'' (''Lavička neřesti)'' (Sazka building, [Prague](/source/Prague))
File:Lebancdesamoureux.JPG|Lea Vivot's ''Le banc des amoureux'' ([Montreal Botanical Garden](/source/Montreal_Botanical_Garden), [Montreal](/source/Montreal))
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Lea Vivot}}
* [http://www.macleans.ca/tag/lea-vivot/ Maclean's article about Lea Vivot's proposed Jack layton memorial statues]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/25/three-jack-layton-statues-canadian-sculptor_n_979852.html Huffington Post Three Jack Layton Statues Planned By Canadian Sculptor]
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/layton-s-likeness-to-be-cast-in-bronze-1.1055965 CBC: Layton's likeness to be cast in bronze]
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment Kiefer Sutherland unveils Tommy Douglas statue]
* [http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/telexport/programmes?kategorie=15&porad=329 CZECH TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY]
* [http://www.leavivot.com/about_the_artist.htm leavivot.com/about_the_artist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719073813/http://www.leavivot.com/about_the_artist.htm |date=2011-07-19 }}
* [http://www.leavivot.com/ Lea Vivot]
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Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian sculptors
Category:20th-century sculptors
Category:21st-century Czech sculptors
Category:Czech women sculptors
Category:Czech emigrants to Canada
Category:20th-century Canadian women artists
Category:21st-century Canadian women artists
Category:21st-century Canadian women sculptors
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