Ramsey County History – Fall 2020: “Born in Ukraine: Sculptor Antin Pavlos”

Born in Ukraine: Sculptor Antin Pavlos
Author: Janice Quick

Sculptor Antin Pavlos was one of many Ukrainians who came to St. Paul following World War II to escape the looming threat of Communism. He took a job with St. Paul Statuary upon his arrival in the late 1940s, where he put his skills to work masterfully creating statues, reliefs, and other art for churches, cemeteries, and museums. He was among a handful of Ukrainian men who met at the International Institute of Minnesota in 1950 to begin establishing Saints Volodymyr and Olga Ukrainian Orthodox Parish. Pavlos died just a few years later in 1954, and his work has been largely forgotten, until now. In “Born in Ukraine: Sculptor Antin Pavlos,” author Janice Quick tells the story of Pavlos’s brief time here. Through photographs, she shares some of his sculptures that can still be seen around town today. Additionally, that church Pavlos helped establish grew over the years. It is now known as St. Katherine Ukrainian Orthodox Church and is located in Arden Hills. Pavlos’s work lives on in Ramsey County.
PDF of J. Quick article