Background
His father was a Lutheran minister.
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Peter Bohun
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He went to the public schools of his village, then attended the gymnasium in Gemerská Hôrka. Due to political unrest, the Hungarian government closed the seminary in 1841, so he moved to Kežmarok, where he studied law and began to paint as a hobby. His teacher there was the German history painter, Christian Ruben who, at that time, was also the Academy"s Director.
Career
In 1836, he was enrolled at the evangelical seminary in Levoča. lieutenant was there that he first came in contact with the idea of Slovakian independence, a cause which he enthusiastically embraced, earning himself the nickname "Slavomil". In 1843, he decided that he wanted to be an artist and entered the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.
His father died in 1844, cutting off his financial support, so he sought and obtained the patronage of a nobleman from Orava named Michał Kubín.
In addition to painting, he studied lithography and made some illustrations for the botanical dictionary of January Svatopluk Presl. Shortly after, he joined the Slovakian nationalist movement led by Ľudovít Štúr, organizing rallies and patriotic meetings during the Slovak Uprising.
In 1854, he and his family moved to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he spent eleven years as a drawing teacher at the Lutheran girl"s school, dabbled in photography and decorated curtains for amateur theater groups. In 1860, he resumed his patriotic activities and, the following year, participated in the constitutional convention at Martin.
Deeply in debt, he left Slovakia in 1865 and took his family to Bielsko-Biała in Galicia.
His cause of death was given as pneumonia. In 1955, an art gallery bearing his name was opened in Liptovský Mikuláš and, three years later, a statue of him was dedicated in Bratislava. lieutenant was sculpted by Fraňo Štefunko, who specialized in figures from the Slovak Uprising.
Politics
Slovakian nationalism.
Membership
In 1863, he was one of the founding members of the Matica slovenská.
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Born
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Nationality
Slovakian