Cyprián Majerník

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Cyprián Majerník (24 November 1909 – 4 July 1945) was a Slovak painter. He worked in Prague and was associated with the "Generation of 1909".

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Majerník was born on 24 November 1909 in Veľké Kostoľany. He had his primary education in Pezinok then, in 1924, attended the secondary school in Košice, where he studied economics. After deciding on art as a career, he went to Bratislava to take private lessons from the Expressionist painter Gustáv Mallý. After acquiring the basics, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where he studied under Josef Loukota and Jakub Obrovský. Upon graduation, he settled in Prague. In 1932, Majerník took a brief trip to Paris, where he came under the influence of Marc Chagall and Giorgio de Chirico. In Prague, he became part of a circle of painters that included Ján Želibský, Ján Mudroch and Jakub Bauernfreund. Although he centered his career there, he made numerous trips to Slovakia to visit his family and hold exhibitions. About this time, Majerník was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless, his work was energized by his opposition to Fascism. By 1942, this was virtually his only theme, as he protested the prison camps, death marches and other evils perpetrated by the Nazi régime. The figure of Don Quixote was a recurring motif of continued resistance, despite overwhelming odds against success. Following…Citește mai mult