Taras Shevchenko

On The Shevchenko Monument is a bronze and granite monument of Taras Shevchenko, created by Leo Mol, that was unveiled on 26 June 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The composition of the monument includes four items: Taras Shevchenko, and three bas-relief figures complementing the composition. The central monument, sitting on a granite base approximately 8.5 m high, holds a young version of a standing Taras Shevchenko. Dressed in a long coat, the fashion at that time, he holds a palette and three paintbrushes and looks out into the distance. The figure is 3 m high and weighs 630 kg.

Three shorter bases hold artistic creations from his poetry. One of the bas-relief figures, standing 1.2 m and weighing 156 kg, represents Haydamaky an epic poem of Shevchenko's about the Cossack paramilitary bands that rose up against the szlachta in right-bank Ukraine in the 18th-century.

Source: Wikipedia