Frano Stefunko

Place: Dudváh-Vlčkovce

Born: 1903

Death: 1974

Biography:

Fraňo Štefunko was a Slovak artist born in 1903 in Dudváh-Vlčkovce, Slovakia. He was a sculptor, art pedagogue, and editor. In 1932, after his studies of art in Prague, he moved to Martin, where he became the editor of a graphical section of Slovenské pohľady, instructor of a carpentry course of the Activity Cultivation Institute, as well as a conservator with the Slovak National Museum. Štefunko began his freelance work two years after coming to Martin and soon became one of the founders of Slovak sculpture. He is known for his statues of many important personalities of Slovak history, tombs, and monuments in the field of Slovak history, including historical figures, the World Wars, and the Slovak National Uprising. Štefunko died in 1974 in Martin, Slovakia.