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1953-1992 (Creation)
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- Cincík, Jozef G.
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100 photographs
6 objects
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Jozef G. Cincík was a Slovak painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer and art historian. He was born on March 8, 1909 in Clopodia, Romania. His parents Gabriel Cincík and Jolana Lenkeyova had moved to Romania, where Jozef was born. The family returned to Slovakia in 1914. Jozef Cincík attended the Law School at Charles University in Prague in 1928 and later attended Comenius University of Bratislava where he received a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1936 in the History of Fine Arts and Archaeology. He held several teaching positions, including Professor of the History of Fine Arts. He also worked as a lecturer and secretary at the Slovak Institute of Science and Arts at Matica Slovenska and was the Conservator of the History and Art Monuments of Middle Slovakia. Jozef Cincík also wrote extensively on the history of Slovak Art, history and archaeology.
In 1946 he moved to the United States, where he taught Christian Archaeology and Fine Arts at St. Bede Academy in Illinois. He also worked as a graphic artist, painter and sculptor.
Jozef Cincík died on January 28, 1992 in Pennsylvania, USA.