Vladimír Kompánek (28 October 1927 in Rajec – 20 January 2011) was a Slovak sculptor and painter. He won the Herder Prize in 1967.
Between 1947-1949, he studied at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, then from 1949 - 1954 at the College of Fine Arts.[1]
His wooden sculptures draw ideas from the rural environment. Kompánek also creates the concept of "protective deities", symbols which appear in his works. symbols. A frequent motif he uses is a woman and field characters and carnival masks. He is also a maker of wooden toys. In 1972, he was registered as an agent of the SBU number 13 293 under the code name Sochar.
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[edit]- ^ "Vladimír Kompánek | osobnosti.sk | životopisy, diela, tvorba, články, linky". osobnosti.sk. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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