Július Bukovinský was born on 11th October 1903 in Uzhgorod and died 31st August 1975 in Košice. He obtained the basics of painting from his father, Július Virágh in the Ukrainian town of Mukachevo. In 1922 – 1927 he studied in Baia Mare (Romania) in a well-known fine arts colony, under leadership of I. Réti and J. Thorma. After graduation, he worked in Mukachevo in Carpathian Ruthenia (today a part of Ukraine). After 1934, he lived and worked in Košice. He participated in the exhibitions organised by the Society of Carpathian Painters and Sculptors. In 1936 – 1938, he was a member of the Society of Slovak Artists in 1938 – 1945 a member of the Association of Hungarian Fine Artists, where he also took part in exhibitions. He participated in events held in the Mücsarnok gallery. In 1945, as a founding member of the Svojina society, he later joins the Association of Slovak Fine Artists. He held individual exhibitions in Mukachevo (1928), Levoča, Michalovce and Prešov (1937). He had comprehensive exhibitions in Bratislava (1946), Košice (1963), Šaca (1963), Banská Bystrica, Lučenec, Poprad, Trenčín and Trnava. His beginnings as a painter were mainly dedicated to landscape painting. In 1929 – 1933 he created a series of impressionist-expressive landscapes, portraits and figural compositions with strong social undertones. Capturing the life of the rural population became an important theme for Bukovinský. An equally important source of inspiration was the urban structure and building of the city of Košice. Many works with this topic were exhibited in plants and developing industrial facilities of the era. Bibliography: Váross, M.: Slovenské výtvarné umenie 1918 – 1945. SVKL Bratislava 1960.