Elvis Presley
created: 26. 06. 2015 12:37 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Jozef Fečo is an amateur graphic artist who graduated at the Secondary Art School in Prešov. He studied wood design and carving. In 2011, he actively started to create his own works with his first work being the painting of Jesus on canvas. A series of ten fine art portraits of world famous personalities was created within the priority project "Live Books (word – video – audio)" supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in April and May 2015. The artist Jozef Fečo prepared 9 portraits in his home environment in the village of Kračúnovce. The tenth portrait was created in the premises of the Documentation and Information Centre of the Roma Culture. The person depicted in the portrait is Elvis Presley, an actor and singer. He was born in the USA in 1935 and died in 1977 in the USA. Several sources suggest he is of Roma origin. His ancestors are said to come from the community of German Sinits. However, other sources consider these statements to be false. Picture dimensions: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material of the painting is the plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
author: Jozef Fečo
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 18. 05. 2015
category: fine arts
