Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan: A Slovak Expressionist Early Life and Education Born: 1898 in Banská Štvrť, Slovakia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). Weisz-Kubínčan was born into a Jewish family, initially residing in Ujście, German Empire before moving to Dolný Kubín, Slovakia. Education: He began his artistic training at the School of Applied Arts in Budapest from 1913 to 1917, focusing on sculpture. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served on the Balkan front. After the war, he resumed his education in Berlin, immersing himself in the burgeoni…