Execution
created: 12. 03. 2024 13:39 modified: 12. 03. 2024 14:12
The author of the the picture is the painter Jozef Fečo. The painting belongs to the collection of 10 paintings depicting the theme of the Romani Holokaust. The collection is titled Devouring. The collection of paintings was created with financial support, the scholarship provided by the Fund for Promotion of the Culture of the National Minorities in Slovak Republic.
The painting is painted with acrylic paints on canvas measuring 100 cm x 110 cm.
The title of the painting is Execution. The author adds a line to the painting:
"26 Roma had been brutally murdered, and buried in a mass grave."
Jozef Fečo is a graduate of the Secondary Art School in Prešov, majoring in design and artistic wood shaping. He is particularly interested in the mimics of human faces, their expressive value and typical personality traits. In 2015 and 2019 he created a series of 23 large-format paintings for the State Scientific Library in Prešov called Unknown Colours of Personalities.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Burial
created: 12. 03. 2024 10:54 modified: 12. 03. 2024 10:55
The author of the the picture is the painter Jozef Fečo. The painting belongs to the collection of 10 paintings depicting the theme of the Romani Holokaust. The collection is titled Devouring. The collection of paintings was created with financial support, the scholarship provided by the Fund for Promotion of the Culture of the National Minorities in Slovak Republic.
The painting is painted with acrylic paints on canvas measuring 100 cm x 110 cm.
The title of the painting is Burial. The author adds a caption to the painting:
"The hands, standing as a symbol of Roma are burried alive under layers of mud."
Jozef Fečo is a graduate of the Secondary Art School in Prešov, majoring in design and artistic wood shaping. He is particularly interested in the mimics of human faces, their expressive value and typical personality traits. In 2015 and 2019 he created a series of 23 large-format paintings for the State Scientific Library in Prešov called Unknown Colours of Personalities.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Labour Camp
created: 12. 03. 2024 10:34 modified: 12. 03. 2024 10:35
The author of the the picture is the painter Jozef Fečo. The painting belongs to the collection of 10 paintings depicting the theme of the Romani Holokaust. The collection is titled Devouring. The collection of paintings was created with financial support, the scholarship provided by the Fund for Promotion of the Culture of the National Minorities in Slovak Republic.
The painting is painted with acrylic paints on canvas measuring 100 cm x 110 cm.
The title of this painting is Labour Camp. The author adds a description of the painting:
"The Roma were in labour camps where they participated in earthworks for the construction of a hydroelectric power station to regulate the Váh River."
Jozef Fečo is a graduate of the Secondary Art School in Prešov, majoring in design and artistic wood shaping. He is particularly interested in the mimics of human faces, their expressive value and typical personality traits. In 2015 and 2019 he created a series of 23 large-format paintings for the State Scientific Library in Prešov called Unknown Colours of Personalities.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Farewell
created: 12. 03. 2024 10:10 modified: 12. 03. 2024 10:11
The author of the the picture is the painter Jozef Fečo. The painting belongs to the collection of 10 paintings depicting the theme of the Romani Holokaust. The collection is titled Devouring. The collection of paintings was created with financial support, the scholarship provided by the Fund for Promotion of the Culture of the National Minorities in Slovak Republic.
The painting is painted with acrylic paints on canvas measuring 100 cm x 110 cm.
The title of the painting is Farewell. The author adds a caption to the painting:
"Men and young boys were loaded into cars and taken to labour camps."
Jozef Fečo is a graduate of the Secondary Art School in Prešov, majoring in design and artistic wood shaping. He is particularly interested in the mimics of human faces, their expressive value and typical personality traits. In 2015 and 2019 he created a series of 23 large-format paintings for the State Scientific Library in Prešov called Unknown Colours of Personalities.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Tera Fabianová
created: 20. 02. 2024 10:12 modified: 20. 02. 2024 10:13
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Tera Fabianová.
Tera Fabianová (née Kurinová) was born on 15 October 1930 in Žiharec, Slovakia. She is considered the leading Roma writer and poet of the 20th century. She belongs to the older generation of Roma women writers who wrote in the Roma language. She worked as a crane operator in Prague for thirty-five years. She was fluent in four languages. Her literary talent was discovered by the Czech romist Milena Hübschmannová, who motivated her to write in Romani. She debuted with short stories in the magazine Romano lil in the 1960s. Her book Čavargoš / The Tramp (1991) belongs to the fantasy genre. This publication appealed to a wide Czech public. Vlastimil Brodský read this work for Czech Radio. The highlight of her work is her autobiography Sar me phiravas andre škola / How I Went to School (1992). In 2006 she received the Milena Hübschmann Literary Award for lifetime achievement. She died on 23 March 2007 in Prague.
Sources of information:
www.svedectviromu.cz/svedectvi/tera-fabianova
www.romarchive.eu/en/collection/p/tera-fabianova/
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Eva Plešková Gašparová
created: 20. 02. 2024 09:14 modified: 20. 02. 2024 09:15
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Eva Plešková Gašparová.
Eva Gašparová ( née Plešková) was born on 14 May 1951 in Očová. She graduated from the Secondary School of Economics in Lučenec. She worked as an economist from graduation until her retirement. She started writing only when she retired. She wrote stories about love and family, drawing on her own memories as well as those of her parents and grandparents. She writes in the Romani language. She was a member of the Roma Literary Club. She lived and worked in Banská Bystrica. She died in 2023.
Source:
amariluma.romanokher.sk/encyclopedia/gasparova-eva-rodena-pleskova/
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Zlatica Rusová
created: 20. 02. 2024 08:44 modified: 20. 02. 2024 08:45
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Zlatica Rusová.
Zlatica Rusová, née Boldišová was born in Kameňany (Revúca District). She started writing in 2004 at the age of 53, when she became seriously ill and had more time to write. She inherited her storytelling talent from her grandfather. She is the author of fairy tales and fables. She has collaborated with the editorial office Romano džaniben and with the portal romea.cz in the Czech Republic. She is a member of the Roma Literary Club. Her literary work entitled The Queen of Water has been made into an audio-dramatisation in Slovak and Romani by the State Scientific Library in Prešov.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Elena Lacková
created: 20. 02. 2024 08:10 modified: 20. 02. 2024 08:10
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Elena Lacková.
Elena Lacková (22.3.1921, Veľký Šariš - 1.1.2003, Košice) was one of the most important representatives of the Roma social and political emancipation movement in the second half of the 20th century in Slovakia. She was the founder of modern Roma literature in Slovakia, she was at the birth of the first post-war Roma organisation (the Roma-Gypsy Association, 1969 - 1973), co-founder of the first Roma periodical after 1989 Romano ľil. Elena Lacková became a symbol of the Roma movement in Slovakia.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Vladimír Oláh
created: 20. 02. 2024 07:51 modified: 20. 02. 2024 07:54
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Vladimír Oláh.
Vladimír Oláh, PhDr. was born on 22 May 1947 in Stropkov. He did not finish his studies at the Secondary Mining School because of finances. As a soldier by profession he started to study andragogy at the Faculty of Arts of the P. J. Šafárik University in Košice. In 1984 he received his doctorate. Since 1986 he has lived in Prague. In 1991 he founded a Roma Christian and educational association - Matica Roma. He was the first Romani author to be admitted to the Czech Writers' Association. In 2006 he was awarded the Milena Hübschmann Literary Prize for his contribution to Roma literature. He died on 28 January 2012 in Prague.
Sources of information:
www.lidovky.cz/relax/lide/zemrel-basnik-a-prekladatel-vlado-olah.A120129_180150_lide_sk
amariluma.romanokher.sk/encyclopedia/olah-vladimir-phdr/
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
Jozef Ravasz József
created: 19. 02. 2024 15:03 modified: 19. 02. 2024 15:04
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Jozef Ravasz József.
Jozef Ravasz József was born on 23 November 1949 in Sokolce, Dunajská Streda District, Slovakia. He studied at the grammar school, in Hungarian language in Dunajská Streda. After 1989, he was involved in the founding of specific political and cultural organisations in Roma settlements. He wrote several books and collections of poems. Among them is the book Domček v srdci (1992), published by the Romaňi Kultura Publishing House in Bratislava, which contains fairy tales in Hungarian, Romani and Slovak.
He is an associate professor, a Romologist and a social worker. He graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, later passing the rigorosum examination. He continued his doctoral studies at the St. Elizabeth University in Bratislava. In 2012 he habilitated and received the title of associate professor. He currently lives and works alternately in Dunajská Streda and Moldava nad Bodvou, and at the same time he runs the Romological Research and Methodology Institute in Dunajská Streda.
Source:
szmit.hu/rolunk/tagjaink/ravasz-jozsef/
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
