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Alexander Ilečko
Alexander Ilečko (25 February 1937 – 21 October 2023) was a Slovak sculptor. Biography Alexander Ilečko was born on 25 February 1937 in Bratislava. He was educated at the grammar school in Revúca and studied monumental painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, graduating in 1961. During the Prague Spring, he pursued further education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Ilečko split his time between his two homes in Revúca and Modra. He also had an atelier in the town of Pezinok, close to Modra. Ilečko's sculptures are very diverse, reflecting the artist's refusal to associate himself with any particular artistic movement. The dominant material used by Ilečko is wood, in particular locally sourced from Modra, but he also heavily utilized bronze and occasionally stone and clay. His sculptures describe often abstractly deformed human forms, but he also created busts of important personalities of Slovak hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
