Forest Idyl is a bronze statue created in 1924 by Albin Polasek while he was head of the Sculpture Department at the Art Institute of Chicago. There are several copies of the three versions of this sculpture:Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Muncie, Indiana, at Ball State University. Three in Winter Park, Florida, at the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens and at City Hall

Albin Polasek was a Czech-American sculptor and educator. He created more than 400 works during his career, 200 of which are displayed in the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida.