Leo Mol

Leonid Molodozhanyn OC OM RCA (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009), known as Leo Mol, was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist, painter and sculptor.

Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne, Russian Empire (now Ukraine),[1] Mol learned the art of ceramics in his father's pottery workshop.

[2] In 2002, his monumental bronze sculpture Lumberjacks (1990), which now stands in Assiniboine Park was featured on a 48¢ Canadian postage stamp in the sculptors series.

[5] He was always known as a particularly prolific artist and some of his most famous works include likenesses of three different Popes which stand in museums in the Vatican.

[7] Mol also sculpted Sir Winston Churchill 1966, Winnipeg editorial cartoonist Peter Kuch (1917-1980), Dwight D. Eisenhower 1965, John F. Kennedy 1969, Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook ca.

(code-named "Intrepid") is displayed in a place of honour within CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, USA In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.