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JAN ROMBAUER: Levoca - St. Petersburg - Presov

June 4 - August 29, 2010

The Slovak National Gallery presents a unique retrospective exhibition of an interesting Slovak painter, Jan Rombauer (1782-1849). 

It has been a long-term exhibition mission of the Slovak National Gallery to present various periods of the art culture in Slovakia. This time it is an important personality born in Levoca, Slovakia, who gained his painter skills in Pest. At first, he portraied  the nobility and patricians in his native Spis region and nearby Presov. In 1806, he arrived to St. Petersburg, where he remained active until 1824, when he returned to Slovakia and settled in Presov. 

The exhibition curated by Katarina Benova presents the highlights of Rombauer's oevre and provides an important insight into cultural and historical context of the period.

Jan Rombauer: Portrait of a man with mustache, 1825. The Slovak National Gallery.

Source: The Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, www.sng.sk