Vladimír Vestenický was born on 14th December 1919 in Chrenovec-Brusno, and died on 20th February 1979 in Bratislava. He was born in the family of Jozef Vestenický a self-educated painter. Together with his younger brother Bazil, they were watching their father with admiration and thus received basic training in painting. After the secondary school graduation in the grammar school in Prievidza, Vladimír Vestenický studied painting at Slovak Technical College (SVŠT – today Slovak Technical College, STU) in Bratislava. He gained additional education during his stay in Madrid and later in Paris. After 1952, he lived and worked in Bratislava. As a beginner artist, Vestenický found his inspiration in socially-committed themes. Later, he painted for leading social institutions in Bratislava, Prague or Banská Bystrica. His works have been displayed in Slovak National Gallery (SNG), Gallery of Capital City of Bratislava, Central Slovakia Gallery in Banská Bystrica and the Nitra Regional Gallery. In the post-war period, Slovak National Uprising became the main topic of his works together with socialist-industrial development themes as well as urban vistas and landscapes. His realistic-impressive painting later evolved into moderately stylised constructiveness. Moreover, he also painted portraits and self-portraits. Vladimír Vestenický died on 20th February 1979 in Bratislava Bibliography: Gazdík, I.: Vladimír Vestenický. Bratislava: Pallas, 1978.