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Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (born Emilie Anna Beneš; January 21, 1932 – July 22, 2022) was a Swiss-American sculptor and the wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Jul 22, 2022 · Emilie Brzezinski, artist who socialized among political elites, dies at 90. She made large sculptures carved from tree trunks and preferred the whine of power tools over the patter of the...
- Frances Stead Sellers
Born in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland, Emilie Benes Brzezinski immigrated to the United States and grew up in California. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Art History in 1953. She received a scholarship to Boston Museum School, Massachusetts, in 1954 and completed a one year apprenticeship at Atelier du Feu in 1956.
Jun 1, 2015 · Identity in Dialogue: A Conversation with Emilie Brzezinski. Family Trees, a Hide and Seek Story, 2010. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, of Czech parents, Emilie Benes Brzezinski has lived in the United States since her childhood. Though her artistic career goes back to the early ’70s, a period in which she experimented with a variety ...
- Daniel S. Levine
- Emilie & Zbigniew Married in 1961. The 85-year-old Emilie and the 89-year-old Brzezinski married in 1961. She met Brzezinski while working at Harvard University’s Littauer Library.
- Emilie Is a Sculptor, Working Mostly in Wood. Emilie’s current work is mostly made out of wood. Her website is called The Lure of the Forest, which shares its title with a book she published.
- They Had 3 Children Together. The Brzezinskis lived in McLean, Virginia for over 30 years. The Washington Post notes that they bought a hose that is nearly 100 years old and is set in a “six-acre oasis.”
- Their Sons are Lawyer Mark & Former Bush Aide Ian. Emilie and Brzezinski had two sons – Ian and Mark. Ian is their oldest son and was born in 1963. He followed his father into foreign policy, working for President George W. Bush as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO policy during Bush’s first term.
Emilie Benes Brzezinski was born in Switzerland and emigrated to the United States. She studied at Wellesley College, earning a degree in fine arts. She pursued art seriously later in life after raising her family, was in her 40s when she eventually developed her own recognizable style in wood.
Apr 1, 1998 · Learn about the artist's process and vision of creating sculptures from trees using a chain saw and other tools. See how she explores the tree's history, shape, and essence in Apotheosis, a Forest Reconstructed and Vortex.
