A Life Painted in Layers Born in Třinec in 1944, Ján Berger grew up during a period of profound political and social shifts in Czechoslovakia. His early years were shaped by a world in flux, a reality that would later find its way into his quiet, persistent approach to the canvas. He studied at the Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1962 under the guidance of Ján Mudroch. This formal training provided the foundation for a…