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Elvíra Antalová — Agricultural Fields I
The Nitra Gallery collection contains 24 pieces by Elvíra Antalová (born Knotková), mostly from the 1960 and 1970s (with one exception – Paučina Lehota from 1956). Despite the fact the oil painting Agricultural Fields I is from the 1970s and it is not a part of the artist’s early creative period…
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Janko Alexy — Woman of Kozárovce
Janko Alexy was a painter, writer, publicist and cultural life enthusiast. He is one of the founding fathers of Slovak Modernism. He was very active at both the cultural and the social scenes. For example, after the Second World War, he played an important role in the preservation and restoration of Bratislava Castle.
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Jaroslav Augusta — Feeding Horses
The small painting on paper depicts two men dressed in folk costumes (shepherds or farmers) at a horse water trough. One of them is leaning on a staff which can also be a folk musical instrument (a pipe, horn or a trembita). The other one, seemingly older, is leaning on a smaller staff (a pickaxe), smoking a pipe.
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