Oldrich Majda

Oldrich Majda (born April 5, 1930 in Kováčovce , Czechoslovakia , † 2006 in Bratislava , Slovakia ) was a Slovak artist , painter , illustrator and sculptor .

Life

Majda was born with a heart defect; his doctors calculated a life expectancy of seven to ten years. He started painting when he was ten. From 1949 to 1953 he studied architecture at the Technical University in Bratislava and scenography at the University of Musical Arts in Bratislava . Until 1968 he worked in various editorial offices of various newspapers and magazines as a technical and graphic editor. Since the normalization between 1970 and 1990 he could no longer pursue his work and also no longer exhibit his works; he started out as a painter and stage builder in the decoration workshop of the Slovak National Theater . In 1970 he leased a piece of land and built a refuge there, where he created most of his sculptures. Over the next 35 years, he dug catacombs over 250 m in length with rooms and sculptures on the walls under his retreat. In 1990 he worked as an illustrator, but mainly devoted himself to his art. After 1990 he had over 40 independent exhibitions abroad and in Slovakia. His artistic path was shaped by French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Above all, he asserted himself as a landscape painter, but also with still lifes, nude drawings, portraits and with the artpoti technique ; his sculptures are less well known.

The number of his works is estimated at over 4000 copies. Many of his works have been donated to charity such as those in Osaka, Japan under the guidance of Ms. Matabe. The proceeds went to the Lehnice Children's Hospital in Slovakia. In 2008 he received the Suchohrad honorary citizen award.

Illustrations

• Atómy života (German: Atome des Lebens) Juraj Bober, Mladé letá Verlag, 1961.
• Od kryštálky k tranzistoru (German: From crystals to transistor ) Karol Dubecký, Mladé letá Verlag, 1962, 2nd part 1964
• Minerály (German: Mineralien) Olga Belešová, Mladé letá Verlag, 1978.
• Tiene storočia (German: Shadow of the Century) František Višváder, Obzor Verlag, 1989, ISBN 80-215-0042-5 .
• Kniha kráľov (German: Book of Kings) František Višváder with others, KLEIO Verlag, 1998, ISBN 80-967862-0-2 .

Publications about Oldrich Majda

• Stopy v Piesku (German: traces in the sand) Peter Pálfy, 1996. Is a documentary about the catacombs of Oldrich majda
• Oldrich Majda. (Biography of František Višváder ) Michal Vaška Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-80-7165-674-6 .
• Encyklopédia Suchohradu -Dimburka (German: Enzyklopädie Suchohrad Dimburg) Suchohrad municipal office, 2011, ISBN 978-80-970873-1-9 .

Exhibitions

• Germany: Tübingen
• France: Vesoul
• Japan: Osaka
• Austria Vienna
• Czech Republic: Prague
• Slovakia: Bratislava, - ( Slovak National Museum , Obrazy a plastiky (pictures and plastics), 1999.), (from Slovenský rozhlas - (Slovak Radio) in the Slovak Radio Building (Pyramid), 2009.) Rajec , Šahy , Štúrovo , - ( J.Barta Municipal Gallery, 1999.) Banská Bystrica , Nitra , Topoľčany , Dunajská Streda , Dubnica nad Váhom , - (Culture House Dubnica nad Váhom, Posol ukrytých krás (The Messenger of Hidden Beauty), 2009.), Skalica , - (Zahorske Muzeum Skalica, 1996, 1997, Obrazy a plastiky (pictures and sculptures), 2008.) - (Galerie u Františkánov, Akty a kone (nudes and horses), 2012.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hospodarskyklub.sk short interview 2000.
2. ↑ csfd.cz film about catacombs
3. ↑ sme.sk Slovak National Museum, 1999.
4. ↑ bratislavskenoviny.sk Slovak Radio 2009.
5. ↑ sturovo.sk Sturovo 1999.
6. ↑ dubnica.sk Culture House Dubnica nad Váhom 2009.
7. ↑ extern.peoplecheck.de Skalica 2008.
8. ↑ Skalica.sk ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Skalica 2012.