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Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková (24 January 1909 – 7 August 2005) was a Slovaks, Slovak painter, scenic designer and journalist. Early life and education Ester Fridriková was born in Bratislava on 23 January 1909. Her mother was a musician, who had to overcome significant barriers in her career due to her sex, which motivated her mother to support Ester in her artistic pursuits. She trained in Paris in the interwar period at the Académie Julian and the Académie Moderne. Fridriková studied extensively with Aleksandra Ekster, and was greatly influenced by Ekster's style of Cubo-Futurism. Career Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková's works were repeatedly affected by the changing political climate, from her early education in the 1920s to her final works in the 1990s. Her Modern art, Modern paintings in the 1930s were described by critics as brave and pioneering, but were quickly derided as degenerate art by the Nazis after they took power. Following the war and her relocat ... [...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] |
