Ladislav Medňanský (also Mednyánszky. 1852 Beckov - 1919 Vienna) - one of the greatest painters who were born and lived in Slovakia. He belongs to the main representatives of Central European painting of the second half of the 19^th and the beginning of the 20^th centuries, and is one of the few artists who responded directly to the new streams in painting.
Ladislav Medňanský studied at the Academy in Munich and at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After finishing his studies, he hired a studio at Montmarte. He lived alternately in Strážky, Beckov, Paris, Vienna and Budapest. When he came back from Paris, his early impressive themes of moody Iandscape were influenced by impressionism. Medňanský derived his Iandscape inspiration from the area of Rivers Váh and Poprad basins and from the Tatra's nature as it is shown in his works Evening on the Pasture, Moonlight Landscape with Rider, Boat on the River Poprad, The Belianske Tatras, Thaw in the Mountains. Apart from paintings, he devoted himself to figural composition.