Un premier Biegas pour Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired its first work by Polish symbolist sculptor Boleslas Biegas: a plaster sculpture that resurfaced at a Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr auction in Paris in autumn 2025. The piece was sold by dealer Stuart Lochhead and purchased by curator Emerson Bowyer, who announced the acquisition on Instagram.
This acquisition matters because Biegas, though celebrated among symbolist art enthusiasts, remains little known to the general public. The museum's purchase brings international visibility to an artist whose life and work deserve broader recognition, and it fills a notable gap in the Art Institute's collection of early 20th-century European sculpture.