Art Historian Vojtech Tilkovský (1902-1978) and His Activities at Comenius University Cover Image

Historik umenia Vojtech Tilkovský (1902-1978) a jeho pôsobenie na Univerzite Komenského
Art Historian Vojtech Tilkovský (1902-1978) and His Activities at Comenius University

Author(s): Katarína Beňová
Subject(s): Higher Education , 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Slovenská akadémie vied - Centrum vied o umení
Keywords: Vojtech Tilkovský; Art History; Comenius University; Skutezký; Art History Seminar; 19th Century;

Summary/Abstract: Vojtech (Béla) Tilkovský, the art historian, art critic, radio editor and journalist, is not well known among art historians. His primary research focused on painter Dominik Skutezky (Skutecký), about whom he wrote his masters’ thesis and dissertation, and in 1954 his monograph. Tilkovský also sought out teaching positions. After several attempts at the Slovak School of Technology in 1955, he became a part-time lecturer of art history at his alma mater (Comenius University). His art research of the 19th century was interrupted several times, first by the Slovak State, the defence of his position within this state and subsequently by a change in the political situation in 1948. Although he could not publish continuously, his publishing activities in Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary are relatively abundant and essential for this period.

  • Issue Year: 54/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-72
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak