Lot #10: "Escape To Nowhere" Framed Surreal Oil Painting Slovak Artist Signed Tibor Kovalik

Frame 25.5" x 22.5" painting 16.5" x 13" Fine https://archive.org/details/texts?tabcollection&query%22kovalik%2C+tibor%22&sinTXT > KOVALIK, Tibor F.; artist; b. Poprad, Slovakia 21 Sept. 1935; s. Vladimir and Maria Irma (Hatrikova) K.; e. elem. and high schs. Slovakia; Coll. of Appl. Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia grad. 1963; m. Julia Ambrusova 9 June 1955 (div.); two s. Peter Paul, Igor Daniel; m. 2ndly Roseline Boucher, 1984, d. Sotia Marie; author From Tale to Tale 1979; Raise and Fall of Byzantine Art 1984 and several articles about art and short stories written for different publications; co-author Slovak Culture Through the Centuries 1976; Say Nothing 1981; Silence, You Left Behind 1988; designed & illus, several books for children; has exhibited in solo and group shows in many galleries in Canada, USA, Europe & S. Am.; started a style of fantastic symbolism (Irrealism), with son Peter, based on Carl Gustav Jung's theory ot the importance of the symbols in a human's psychological lite; his work is in many public & private collections; Teacher, Sheridan Coll. 1973-79; Toronto Arts Sch. 1978-79; Cdn. rep., Quatro biennale internazionale della grafica d'arte, Florence, Italy 1974; recipient 1st Prize Bombay, India 1968; Ont. Arts Council Grants 1974, 1978, 1981, 1989; 2nd prize, Cdn. Olympic coins competition 1975; 1994 Laureat of the 'Golden Leaf' Award, City of Lac-Beauport; mem. Soc. Cdn. Artists (Vice Pres. 1972-73, Pres. 1973-74); Cdn. Conf. Arts; Slovak World Cong.; languages spoken: Slovak, Polish, Czech, English, French; languages written: Slovak Czech, English, French; Office: 75 Chemin des Cretes, Lac Beauport, Que. GOA 2C0. E-mail: tibor.kovalik @ sympatico. ca That one's from 2004, the Canadian who's who. Hard to say if he is still around. https://archive.org/details/canadianwhoswho0039unse/mode/2up?q%22kovalik%2C+tibor%22 Here's another search for him - he illustrated a lot of different things. https://archive.org/details/texts?tabcollection&query%22tibor+kovalik%22&sinTXT Dimensions: Frame 25.5" x 22.5" painting 16.5" x 13" Pickup category timeslot {A}