Early Life, Family and Training Ever Púček enters the world on December 21, 1931, in Vrútky, Czechoslovakia. He is the son of a midwife. His early years unfold in Sučany, where he attends a local folk school. The landscape of his childhood is shaped by the weight of the war years and the subsequent Slovak National Uprising, events that anchor his early existence in a period of profound historical transition. The trajectory of his life shifts toward formal discipline in 1951. He moves to Karlovy Vary to attend the Secondary School of Art, remaining there until 1957. This period marks the begi…