Following M. Benka, and alongside M. A. Bazovský and J. Alexy, Karol Ondreička is a representative of the artistic generation that sought the connection of the principles of modern art with a particular Slovak expression. He was born in 1898 in Dubnica nad Váhom, and graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, majoring in decorative painting. After his studies, he was a professor of painting at several secondary schools. He started working at the State Institute for the Private Trades in Martin in 1936, and later became Head of the Department of Folk and Art Production. From...