Ľudovít Fulla

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The bust of Fulla made by Fero Gubala

Ľudovít Fulla (born April 27, 1902 in Ružomberok ( Austria-Hungary ), † April 21, 1980 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak painter and graphic artist. With Martin Benka and Janko Alexy he was the trend-setting personality of modern Slovak painting.

Life

Fulla was the only son in the family with five sisters. He attended the commercial academy in Dolný Kubín . After graduating from high school, he attended Gustav Mally's private painting school in Bratislava. He then studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague with Professor Hofbauer and Professor Kysela. After his studies he taught at the Lyceum in Senica , then at the grammar school in Malacky and from 1929 to 1939 at the school of arts and crafts in Bratislava. Here he made friends with Mikuláš Galanda. From 1949 Fulla headed the decorative painting department at the University of Fine Arts in Bratislava. Fulla returned to his native town of Ružomberok in 1962. To mark his centenary, the Slovak National Bank had a Ľudovít Fulla silver coin minted with a value of 200 Slovak crowns.

painting

Mosaic in Ľudovít Fulla gallery

Fulla took inspiration from Germany, France, England, Italy and Spain. He was heavily influenced by Marc Chagall , Wassily Kandinsky , Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee , as well as by Slovak folk art. In 1963 he was honored with the title of national artist. Fulla got the bronze medal at the art fair in Milan in 1936 , he received the 1937 Grand Prix for the picture Pieseň a práca at the world exhibition in Paris . In 1966 and 1977, Fulla donated many of his works to the Ľudovít Fulla Gallery in Ružomberok, which has been open to the public since 1969.

Web links

Commons : Ľudovít Fulla  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Galéria Ľudovíta Fullu ( Memento from August 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Slovak, accessed on February 17, 2011
  2. ↑ National Bank of Slovakia: Ľudovít Fulla - Painter, Graphic artist and Illustrator (PDF; 79 kB), accessed on February 17, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Fulla, Ľudovít
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Ružomberok
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1980
Place of death Bratislava