Early Life and Artistic Training Ede Balló was born on December 17, 1859, in Liptószentmiklós, a place known today as Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia. His early years in this region preceded a long path of formal study that would eventually lead him to the major academic centers of Europe. He began his technical training at the Mintarajziskola, where he studied under the guidance of Székely Bertalan and Gregus János. By 1881, he had gra…