Vladimír Kompánek (28 October 1927 in
Rajec
Rajec ( hu, Rajec; german: Rajetz) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.
Etymology
Rajec, Rajčianka, Rajčanka are derived from Proto-Slavic appelative ''*rajь'' – a wet, muddy place (modern Slovak ''raj' ...
– 20 January 2011) was a
Slovak sculptor and painter. He won the
Herder Prize in 1967.
Between 1947 - 1949 he studied at the
Slovak Technical University in
Bratislava, then from 1949 - 1954 at the College of Fine Arts.
His wooden sculptures draw ideas from the rural environment. Kompánek also creates the concept of "protective deities", symbols which appear in his works. symbols. A frequent motif he uses is a woman and field characters and carnival masks. He is also a maker of wooden toys.
References
1927 births
2011 deaths
People from Rajec
Slovak sculptors
Herder Prize recipients
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava alumni
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