Franta Belsky

**Franta Belsky**
	Czech sculptor
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Date of birth	6 April 1921; Brno
Date of death	5 July 2000; Abingdon-on-Thames
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	cancer;
Country of citizenship	Czech Republic;
Educated at	Royal College of Art;
Occupation	sculptor; teacher;
Movement	Modern sculpture;
Spouse	Margaret Belsky;
Notable work	Statue of the Earl Mountbatten;
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Franta Belsky (also known as František Bělský, 1921–2000) was a Czech sculptor, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He was known for large-scale abstract works of public art as well as more iconographic statues and busts of noted 20th-century figures such as Winston Churchill and members of the British Royal Family.