Štefan BednárCollection of works by Štefan Bednár
at Web Umenia.sk (15 May 1909 – 15 January 1976) was a Slovak

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. Bednár was an active member of Slovak Communist Party, which led to his imprisonment by Nazi German authorities during World War II.

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1909 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Slovak painters Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Myjava Slovak communists {{Slovakia-painter-stub