A Girl with a Cat
created: 22. 11. 2022 11:10 modified: 23. 11. 2022 10:44
Girl with a Cat is a stylized portrait of a girl holding a cat in her arms, it is a watercolor painting on the sheet of drawing paper of the A3 size. The author is Milan Kaleja, born on May 14, 2001 in Jarovnice, Sabinov district. The painting was created in 2015, when the author was a pupil of Class VIII.A of the Primary School in Jarovnice (Jarovnice No. 192).
On the back of the drawing there is a label with identifying information about the school, the artist and the name of the painting in English.
The school is known for the fact that it has won many awards at home and abroad for the artistic works of the pupils (India, Japan, Portugal, USA, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iran, etc.). Pupils are taught by the teacher Mgr. Jan Sajko. They exhibited independently in many cities, such as Washington D.C., Boston, Palm Beach, Hanover, Strasbourg, Brussels, Graz, Warsaw, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Bratislava, Košice, Martin, Prešov, Sabinov. The young authors come from a socially disadvantaged environment, mostly from the Romani settlement in the village of Jarovnice.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 11. 11. 2020
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Milan Kaleja general audience internal
