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Jozef Bendík
A Life Rooted in Prešov Jozef Bendík began his path far from the academies of Europe, starting with a vocational education at a woodworking school in Prešov. His early days were spent working as an assistant laborer after finishing his studies in 1919. It was under the guidance of Július Törok, a painter and drawing teacher, that the first inclinations toward visual art appeared. This foundation led him to Prague, where he studied at t
he School of Applied Arts and later at the Academy of Fine Arts. A year spent in Rome on a scholarship allowed him to study the architecture of ancient monuments, an experience that left its mark on his perspective. By 1939, Bendík had returned to Prešov. He took up a position as a drawing teacher at a gymnasium and later became a leading figure in the Department of Visual Education at the Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ. His presence in the lo…