Freddie James Prinze
created: 15. 07. 2015 10:16 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 Freddie James Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel), an American actor and comedian. He was born in San Juan in 1954 into the family of Hungarian and Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for his role in the comedy series Chico And the Man. Picture size: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
Django Reinhardt
created: 15. 07. 2015 09:54 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 Django Reinhardt (real name Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), a founder of gypsy jazz music. He was born in 1910 in Liberchies, Belgium into a family of French Roman ethnicity. He belonged to the Roma community of Manouches. He was one of the best composers of jazz music and he is regarded to be the founder of the Roma jazz interpretation called also gypsy jazz, gypsy swing or French Manouché jazz. In Romani language, the nickname Django means “waking up”. He died on 16 May 1953 in France. Picture dimensions: 120cm (w) x 100cm (h). The underlying material is plasterboard. Fine art technique used: pop art - stencil art.
category: fine arts
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.
category: fine arts
Charlie Chaplin
created: 26. 06. 2015 12:13 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 Charlie Chaplin. He was born in England in 1889 and died in 1977 in Switzerland. Several sources suggest he is of Roma origin. In his book We Are the Romani People, Ian Hancock describes Chaplin’s Roma origin. The mother of Ch. Chaplin came from the community of Romani blacksmiths. He tried to spend as much time with the Roma people as possible and “shaped” his film character based on his own perception of Roma life. Feeling sorry for ill treatment of Roma people in Nazi Germany he created the figure of Hitler in his film The Great Dictator (1940). Picture dimensions: 120 cm (h) x 100 cm (w). The underlying material of the painting is the plasterboard.
category: fine arts
Cross
created: 25. 06. 2015 09:58 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec. He was interested in smithing since his childhood. After finishing the vocational school, he started to work as a smith in a collective farm in Klenovec. He was taught by the old smith masters. Since 1995, he´s engaged in business. He´s an authorised representative of Roma Smithcraft Civic Association, which holds Smith Workshops. He´s doing both industrial smithery and smithcraft. At work in smithy his son, Igor Radič Jr. (1984), is helping. The photograph catches a Cross. The production lasted four days. Material used - flat bar.
category: Crafts
Marilyn Monroe
created: 25. 05. 2015 15:01 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing - Marilyn Monroe, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson (1st June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA – 5th August 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress, model.
category: fine arts
Jackie Chan
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:53 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Jackie Chan, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Jackie Chan (born Chan Kong-sang, 陳港生; 7 April 1954, Hong Kong) is a martial artist, actor, film director, producer, comic actor, well-known for his acrobatic fighting style, and singer.
category: fine arts
Morgan Freeman
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:34 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Morgan Freeman, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Morgan Freeman (born 1 June 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American actor and director, awarded by several prestigious prizes, as The Academy Award – The Oscar or The Crystal Globe Award for special achievement for world film on the Karlový Vary International film festival.
category: fine arts
Colin Firth
created: 25. 05. 2015 14:04 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Colin Firth, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2014.
Colin Andrew Firth, CBE (born 10 September 1960, Grayshott, Hampshire, Great Britain) is an English actor. Well-known thanks to Miloš Forman´s movie Valmont or from the oscar movie English Patient or from the film adaptation of Bridget Jones´s Diary. In 2009 he was nominated for Oscar prize for his role in a film A single man.
category: fine arts
Marilyn Monroe
created: 21. 05. 2015 10:10 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The drawing – Marilyn Monroe, drawn by romani artist Jozef Fečo, was created for an exhibition Roma Stars / Romane čercheňa, organized by civic association New Road, Michalovce and Cultural community Centre, Michalovce in March 2014. Drawn with carbon, on the A2 drawing sheet, in 2013.
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson (1st June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA – 5th August 1962, Los Angeles) was an American actress, model.
category: fine arts
