FILE - In this March 3, 2015 file photo Czech sculptor Ales Vesely stands in front of his sculpture - a rail heading for heaven - commemorating Jewish transports during the World War II at the Prague-Bubny railway station, a departure station of the transports to concentration camps. The Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at the age of 80. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT

PRAGUE | Ales Vesely, a Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures, has died aged 80.

Tomas Kraus, secretary of the Federation of Jewish Communities, said Wednesday Vesely was found dead in his Prague apartment Monday. No cause was given.

FILE - In this March 3, 2015 file photo Czech sculptor Ales Vesely stands in front of his sculpture - a rail heading for heaven - commemorating Jewish transports during the World War II at the Prague-Bubny railway station, a departure station of the transports to concentration camps. The Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at the age of 80. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT
FILE – In this March 3, 2015 file photo Czech sculptor Ales Vesely stands in front of his sculpture – a rail heading for heaven – commemorating Jewish transports during the World War II at the Prague-Bubny railway station, a departure station of the transports to concentration camps. The Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at the age of 80. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT
FILE – In this March 3, 2015 file photo Czech sculptor Ales Vesely stands in front of his sculpture – a rail heading for heaven – commemorating Jewish transports during the World War II at the Prague-Bubny railway station, a departure station of the transports to concentration camps. The Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at the age of 80. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT

Vesely’s huge artworks, made of welded metal sometimes in combination with stone and wood, have been displayed worldwide. They are in collections of major museums, including New York’s Guggenheim and Paris’ Georges Pompidou Center. Some are in public spaces in South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere.

Among his recent installations, Vesely in March unveiled a train track pointing to the sky called the Gate of Infinity at a former railway station in Prague from which Czech Jews were sent in transports to Nazi death camps during World War II.