Ľudovít Fulla (27 February 1902,

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– 21 April 1980,

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) was a Slovak

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and

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. He is considered one of the most important figures of Slovak creative art in the 20th century.

Style

Fulla's work was fundamentally important for the establishment of Slovak

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. His personal style is characterized by a special "poetry of the image" relying on surface and decoration, a synthesis of rational and emotional elements, brilliant colour, knowledge of

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, East Slavonic

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and world Modernism. Ľudovít Fulla was predominantly inspired by the

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milieu. In his works, the principles of

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and

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can be found. In the only manifesto of Slovak modernists, he and his friend

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formulated a firm stance in their attempt of a mixture of styles. Fulla was recognised for generations for his bright red, orange and yellow. This may have played off the folk iconography always present in his works, or may have been a further admixture of artistic period styles.

Works

*Balóny (''Balloons'') *Požehnanie statku (''Blessing of the cattle'') *Vyhnanie z raja (''Expulsion from the paradise'') *Ukrižovanie (''Crucifixion'') *Slovenská madona (''Slovak Madonna'') *Dedinská svatba (''Village Wedding'') *'' Madonna with Angel

References

External links

Artworks by Ľudovít FullaĽudovít Fulla (pdf)
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