Ernest Zmeták Paintings: The 91 Most Famous, Through a Gallery's Eye

Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 115 works by Ernest Zmeták in our catalogue

In short

To the gallery's eye, Ernest Zmeták's most famous painting is Roofs I (1943), whose original hangs in the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava. Portrait of a Brother (1943) and After the Rain (1946) complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 115 works by Ernest Zmeták in our catalog, the gallery presents the 91 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.

1919 – 2004, Nové Zámky Most works: Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery

1. Roofs I 1943

2. Portrait of a Brother 1943

3. After the Rain 1946

The gallery's top 10 Ernest Zmeták paintings

Roofs I

1943 · Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

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Portrait of a Brother

1943 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery, Nové Zámky

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After the Rain

1946 · Oravská galéria v Dolnom Kubíne, Dolná Kúba

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Kalvária of Košice

1965 · Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica

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Podolinec

1971 · Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň, Liptovský Mikuláš

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Podolinec

1971 · Tatra Gallery, Poprad

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Fishing Boats

1977 · Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica

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Gurzov

1979 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery, Nové Zámky

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View from Via Petri

1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery, Nové Zámky

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Solitude

1938 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery, Nové Zámky

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Ernest Zmeták paintings, ranked 11 to 91

Girl with Red Hair (1941) by Ernest Zmeták

Girl with Red Hair1941 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 12

Self-Portrait1941 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 13

Study of a Seated Nude (1945) by Ernest Zmeták

Study of a Seated Nude1945 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 14

Praying Women1946 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 15

Landscape1949 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 16

Landscape under Baba Mountain (1952) by Ernest Zmeták

Landscape under Baba Mountain1952 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 17

Portrait of Danica Zmetáková (1961) by Ernest Zmeták

Portrait of Danica Zmetáková1961 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 18

Portrait of My Sister (1961) by Ernest Zmeták

Portrait of My Sister1961 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 19

View of Červený Kameň (1958) by Ernest Zmeták

View of Červený Kameň1958 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 20

Trees by the Danube (1961) by Ernest Zmeták

Trees by the Danube1961 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 21

Portrait of a Woman (1960) by Ernest Zmeták

Portrait of a Woman1960 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 22

My Father1961 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 23

My Mother1961 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 24

Design of a Curtain for the Košice State Theatre (1964) by Ernest Zmeták

Design of a Curtain for the Košice State Theatre1964 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 25

Design of a Curtain for the Košice State Theatre1964 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 26

Motif from Cefalù (1965) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Cefalù1965 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 27

Nude in Drawing1963 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 28

Port in Cefalù1965 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 29

Night (Design for Železničná stanica v Nových Zámkoch) (1969) by Ernest Zmeták

Night (Design for Železničná stanica v Nových Zámkoch)1969 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 30

San Gimignano1969 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 31

Bridge in Atrana (1969) by Ernest Zmeták

Bridge in Atrana1969 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 32

New Taormina1969 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 33

Small Self-Portrait (1973) by Ernest Zmeták

Small Self-Portrait1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 34

Bardejov1972 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 35

Alley from Orvieto (1973) by Ernest Zmeták

Alley from Orvieto1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 36

Isolda Bella1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 37

Portrait of Colleague Greinerová (1973) by Ernest Zmeták

Portrait of Colleague Greinerová1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 38

Motif from Balla (1973) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Balla1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 39

Still Life1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 40

Bride from Bína1973 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 41

From Positano1974 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 42

Agglomeration1976 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 43

Alley in Positano (1974) by Ernest Zmeták

Alley in Positano1974 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 44

Alley in Assisi1974 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 45

Houses Below the Ravine (1977) by Ernest Zmeták

Houses Below the Ravine1977 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 46

Park in Vineyards (1976) by Ernest Zmeták

Park in Vineyards1976 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 47

Landscape by Pribiš (1977) by Ernest Zmeták

Landscape by Pribiš1977 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 48

View of My Studio (1976) by Ernest Zmeták

View of My Studio1976 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 49

Landscape from Bankov (1976) by Ernest Zmeták

Landscape from Bankov1976 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 50

Motif from Cefalù (1977) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Cefalù1977 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 51

From Tivoli1977 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 52

From Positano1979 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 53

Trees from Červený Kameň (1979) by Ernest Zmeták

Trees from Červený Kameň1979 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 54

View of the Sea1979 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 55

Square in Taormina II (1981) by Ernest Zmeták

Square in Taormina II1981 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 56

Bale1982 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 57

Motif from Taormina (1981) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Taormina1981 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 58

Piazza de la Andromaco (1981) by Ernest Zmeták

Piazza de la Andromaco1981 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 59

Square in Taormina I (1981) by Ernest Zmeták

Square in Taormina I1981 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 60

Castelmola1981 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 61

Stairs in Sciacca (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Stairs in Sciacca1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 62

Fishing Port in Sciacca (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Fishing Port in Sciacca1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 63

Zúgov1984 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 64

Novozámok Motif1984 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 65

Motif from Saint Agatha (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Saint Agatha1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 66

Landscape from Taormina (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Landscape from Taormina1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 67

View from a Cemetery in Cefalù (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

View from a Cemetery in Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 68

New Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 69

Venice1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 70

Isolda Bella in Rome (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Isolda Bella in Rome1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 71

Alley in Taormina (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Alley in Taormina1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 72

Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 73

View of Old Cefalù (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

View of Old Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 74

Houses in Cefalù (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Houses in Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 75

Landscape by the Sea (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Landscape by the Sea1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 76

By the Sea1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 77

Motif from Cefalù (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Motif from Cefalù1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 78

Still Life1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 79

Cefalù1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 80

Levanto1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 81

Alley in Cefalù1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 82

Giuseppe Bridge1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 83

Trapani1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 84

Street in Sciacca (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

Street in Sciacca1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 85

Boats by the Sea (1986) by Ernest Zmeták

Boats by the Sea1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 86

Motif from Ríma1986 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 87

House in Sciacca (1985) by Ernest Zmeták

House in Sciacca1985 · Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery 88

View of Vysočké PeceSlovak National Gallery 89

East Slovakian Ironworks by Ernest Zmeták

East Slovakian IronworksSlovak National Gallery 90

Italian Still LifeGallery of M. A. Bazovsky 91

PodolinecTatra Gallery

The museums that keep Ernest Zmeták's originals

The 7 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.

Museum	City	Works by Ernest Zmeták	Paintings from this list
Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery	Nové Zámky	81	Portrait of a Brother, Gurzov, View from Via Petri
Slovak National Gallery	Bratislava	3	Roofs I, View of Vysočké Pece, East Slovakian Ironworks
Central Slovakian Gallery	Banská Bystrica	2	Kalvária of Košice, Fishing Boats
Tatra Gallery	Poprad	2	Podolinec, Podolinec
Oravská galéria v Dolnom Kubíne	Dolná Kúba	1	After the Rain
Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň	Liptovský Mikuláš	1	Podolinec
Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky	Trencin	1	Italian Still Life

Ernest Zmeták, one signature painting per decade

Works per decade

Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.

1940s

Roofs I

No. 1 / 91 · Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Age 21 – 30 8 works this decade

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Ernest Zmeták's paintings: the gallery answers

Which Ernest Zmeták painting is the most famous of all?Reveal the answer

Roofs I (1943), Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava. Portrait of a Brother (1943) and After the Rain (1946) come next.

How old was Ernest Zmeták on completing Roofs I?Reveal the answer

24 years old: Roofs I dates from 1943, and Ernest Zmeták was born in 1919.

Which are Ernest Zmeták's top 10 paintings?Reveal the answer

Roofs I, Portrait of a Brother, After the Rain, Kalvária of Košice, Podolinec, Podolinec, Fishing Boats, Gurzov, View from Via Petri and Solitude. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.

How many works did Ernest Zmeták create?Reveal the answer

Our catalog holds 115 works by Ernest Zmeták, dated from 1938 to 1986.

Where do Ernest Zmeták's most famous originals hang?Reveal the answer

Mostly in Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery (Nové Zámky), Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava) and Central Slovakian Gallery (Banská Bystrica). The museum table above lists them all.

When did Ernest Zmeták create the most famous paintings?Reveal the answer

In 1980s: 34 of the 91 works on this page were made then, View from Via Petri among them.

Which are Ernest Zmeták's earliest and latest famous works?Reveal the answer

On this page, the earliest is Solitude (1938) and the latest Cefalù (1986).

Which Ernest Zmeták originals does the Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery hold?Reveal the answer

Portrait of a Brother, Gurzov and View from Via Petri: the Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery, Nové Zámky holds 81 of the works on this page.

Ernest Zmeták: the artist

introduction to ernest zmeták

ernest zmeták was a slovak painter, graphic artist, and illustrator born on january 12, 1919, in nové zámky, slovakia. he is considered one of the most significant personalities in the slovak art world. zmeták's work was inspired by slovak folk culture, and he is known for his contributions to various fields, including painting, graphic art, and illustration.

early life and education

zmeták studied at the academy of fine arts in prague in 1938 but could not start his studies due to the political situation. he then studied at the academy of fine arts in budapest, where he specialized in monumental painting. this education helped shape his style and technique, which would later become a hallmark of his work.

notable works

some of zmeták's notable works include the tympanum of the entrance of the primatial palace in bratislava. his work was also influenced by slovak folk culture, and he is known for his innovative use of color and texture. zmeták's paintings are characterized by their bold and expressive use of color, making them truly unique and one-of-a-kind.

artistic style and influences

zmeták's artistic style was influenced by various movements, including socialist realism. his work is also characterized by its emphasis on everyday life and the people in it. zmeták's use of color and texture creates a sense of depth and emotion, making his paintings truly captivating.

legacy

zmeták died on may 13, 2004, in bratislava, slovakia, but his legacy lives on through his work. his contributions to the slovak art world are still celebrated today, and his paintings continue to inspire new generations of artists. zmeták's work can be found in various museums and galleries, including the OriginalUniqueArt.com collection.

ernest zmeták's biography on OriginalUniqueArt.com provides more information about his life and work.
the primatial palace in bratislava is a notable example of zmeták's work, showcasing his skill in monumental painting.
zmeták's use of color and texture creates a sense of depth and emotion, making his paintings truly captivating.
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conclusion

ernest zmeták's legacy is a testament to the power of art and its ability to transcend time and culture. his contributions to the slovak art world continue to inspire new generations of artists, and his work remains a vital part of the country's cultural heritage. as an artist, ernest zmeták will always be remembered for his innovative use of color and texture, making him one of the most significant personalities in the slovak art world.

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