Keď rinčali zbrane, múzy nemlčali. Príbeh jedného nerealizovaného pamätníka

In Time of War, Muses were not Silent ... The Story of one Unrealized Memoria

Autor: ŠUMICHRAST Peter

ŠUMICHRAST, Peter: Keď rinčali zbrane, múzy nemlčali. Príbeh jedného nerealizovaného pamätníka

ŠUMICHRAST, Peter: In Time of War, Muses were not Silent ... The Story of one Unrealized Memoria.

Vojenská história, 18, 4, 2014, pp. 151-158.

During the years of the (First) Slovak Republic, also known as the Slovak State (1939 – 1945), even during the times when the Slovak Armed Forces took part in fi ghts along the German ally, the Slovak culture experienced great rise. In their creativity, Slovak artists were inspired not only by national traditions, relying on the results of previous development since the early days of the national revival, but also drawing impulses from the culture of the world. One of the interesting, even if unrealized, projects in sculpture was the planned construction of monumental sculpture, Large statue of Aviation in Liptovský Svätý Peter, designed by the academic sculptor, Ladislav Róbert Ján Majerský, who represented the generation of artists building the foundations of contemporary Slovak sculpture. Apart from several sculptural designs for the Slovak Armed Forces, together with Fraňo Štefunko, he engaged in designing medals and plaques for the Slovak military administration. The presented historical monument, as yet unknown to the public, is an interesting view of the cooperation of an artist with the Slovak military administration during the World War 2.

Keywords: Military History. Slovakia. World War 2. The art of sculpture at the time of the Slovak Republic 1939-1945.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2014.18.4.7

Ročník: 18 | Číslo: 4/2014 | Stránky: 151-158