Academic painter Zdeno Horecky died on Wednesday (9 August) at the age of 92. Horecky was born on 27 November 1930 in Bytcice. Between 1950 and 1955 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. "In his free work, he was mainly devoted to landscape painting, drawing his themes from northern Slovakia," the gallery said on its social network. His work has been presented at several exhibitions in Zilina and abroad.
Horecky was also the author of more than 90 works of art in public places and buildings. He was a co-founder of the Mikuláš Galanda Group. He also contributed to the foundation of the Folk School of Art in Zilina, where he worked as a teacher.
Source: TASR
Martin Bednárik, Photo: RTVS
