Ján Mudroch (1909 Senica-Sotina – 1968 Bratislava). He attended a private school of painting of Gustáv Mallý, he continued at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (unofficially UMPRUM) in Prague (1930–1933) and he completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (prof. Obrovský and W. Nowak). He left a permanent impression in the history of Slovak fine arts mainly in connection with the painting of Generation 1909 (he belonged to the Bratislava branch) and the movement of Avant-garde 38. The starting point of his production reached back to such examples as P. Cézanne and post-impressionism painting at...