Angol leírás, sztori

He was born on 12. of December, 1922 in Nitra, and his father also was a famous sculptor - Gyula Bártfay - has been contributed to this relief.
He was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest by Professor Ferenc Sidló, but between 1945 and 1949 he has been studying in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where Professor Karel Pokorny paved his way.
After university years he returned to Bratislava, where he lived and worked as a freelance artist from 1950 until his death.

More than 30 monuments, more than 2,000 sculptures, more than 60 portraits have been made and named by him, as well as a number of monuments and reliefs. He also worked with paintings, drawings and collages.

He has performed in many countries around the world, as in Germany, Egypt, France and the USA. He has won numerous international awards, and since 1997 he has been listed on the most significant list of world culture and artists.

Bártfay is one of the outstanding person of Slovak art.
In 1985 he was awarded a UNESCO Prize and in 1986 he was awarded the Coin of the World Peace Council. He is a holder of numerous state awards.

He also worked on Slavin, statue in Ľudovít Štúr Square, and the Fountain of Peace which is located in Hodžovo square are also related to his name.
He was also the author of 1100 masterpieces of Krät Svätopluk on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of Svätopluk. H.C. Andersen has been presented in 2006 at Hviezdoslav Square which also praises his work, as that statue called Hiroshima in the Račianské mýto park.

He died on 3rd of October, 2015 in Bratislava.

The relief is a 127 x 177 x 12 cm, made of limestone, which is embedded in a marble facade "frame".

The relief is also located on the wall of the STU Technical University, along with the other 19 reliefs.