Ľudovít Lehen
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Ľudovít Lehen (3 June 1925 – 12 May 2014) was a painter and a
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for
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s.


Biography

Lehen studied at the University of Arts,
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between 1949 and 1955 under the professors D. Milly, V. Hložník. In 1956 Lehen won first place in the Czechoslovak national competition for realist productions and a year later won second place in a graphics art competition, . Near the conclusion of the 1950s his works toured
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and the
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. Ultimately, he was charged in a show trial typical of
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Czechoslovakia, and from 1962 he spent 6 years behind bars at
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. During the reforms of the
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of 1968 he was found innocent and released, and after his release Lehen started painting and become very solitary. Some of his works are now on permanent display at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. He composed chess problems since 1977. He has gained distinctions including the first prizes in many chess composition tourneys, often in coauthorship with IM
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. This composing duo pioneered many complex themes in
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s, working usually in a way Brabec proposing the scheme and Lehen developing it in the artistically satisfactory manner. In 2005 he became a FIDE master of chess compositions.


Exhibitions in SlovakiaBills to exhibitions

*1967 – Leopoldov *1968 – Leopoldov *1973 – Trenčín – Art Protisy *1985 – Šaľa – Pastels *1998 – Galanta – Selection *2001 – ACTS - Bratislava *2003 – Bratislava Parliament


Studio

Lehen lived in
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in
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. His flat was his studio and sometimes served as an exhibition room. His art centred on the female figure, sometimes as a daughter and sometimes as Venus or a girl in traditional clothing. The figures are stylized and included influences from non-European art.


References

*Chronicle Trencin *Chronicle Leopoldov *Bills to exhibitions *Slovak organization compositional chess (Slovenská organizácia kompozičného šachu) - Juraj Brabec, Juraj Lörinc: Ľudo Lehen.
Ľudovít Lehen bio and selected chess compositions
at Chess Composition Microweb


External links


Ľudo Lehen
* ttp://www.ludolehen.com/dval.htm Dušan Valocký: To independent exhibitions Ľudo Lehen - 2001br> With friends of chess composition - April 2008List of chess problems in Slovak newspapers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lehen, Ľudovít 1925 births 2014 deaths Chess composers People from Banská Bystrica 20th-century Slovak painters