© Slovak Post, 2006 Dezider Milly, holder of National Artist honors, was the founding and most significant artist representing Ruthenian-Ukranian art in Slovakia. He was born on 7 August 1906 in Kyjov, Stará Ľubovňa district. He received his artistic training from 1926–1933 at the Vysoká umelecko-priemyselná škola (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design) in Prague under the tuition of Professors J. Schusser and A. Hofbauer. Returning home after graduating, D. Milly had greater perception of the country around him, and in the daily life of the village. This is evident in his work: Orlov Landscape, 1941; Kyjov, 1942; Betrothal, 1942; Orlov...
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