Ľudovít Lehen (3 June 1925 – 12 May 2014) was a painter and a FIDE Master for chess compositions. Biography Lehen studied at the University of Arts, Bratislava between 1949 and 1955 under the professors D. Milly, V. Hložník. In 1956 Lehen won first place in the Czechoslovak national competition for realist productions and a year later won second place in a graphics art competition, . Near the conclusion of the 1950s his works toured Belgium, China and the Soviet Union. Ultimately, he was charged in a show trial typical of communist Czechoslovakia, and from 1962 he spent 6 years behind bars at Leopoldov Prison. During the reforms of the Prague Spring of 1968 he was found innocent and released, and after his release Lehen started painting and become very solitary. Some of his works are now on permanent display at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava. He composed chess problems since 1977. He has gained distinctions including the first prizes in many chess composition tourneys, often in coauthorship with IM Juraj Brabec. This composing duo pioneered many complex themes in fairy twomovers, working usually in a way Brabec proposing the scheme and Lehen developing it in the artistically satisfactory manner. In 2005 he became a FIDE master of chess compositions. Exhibitions in Slovakia 1967 – Leopoldov 1968 – Leopoldov 1973 – Trenčín – Art Protisy 1985 – Šaľa – Pastels 1998 – Galanta – Selection 2001 – ACTS - Bratislava 2003 – Bratislava Parliament Studio Lehen lived in Petržalka in Bratislava. His flat was his studio and sometimes served as an exhibition room. His art centred on the female figure, sometimes as a daughter and sometimes as Venus or a girl in traditional clothing. The figures are stylized and included influences from non-European art. References Chronicle Trencin Chronicle Leopoldov Bills to exhibitions Slovak organization compositional chess (Slovenská organizácia kompozičného šachu) - Juraj Brabec, Juraj Lörinc: Ľudo Lehen. Ľudovít Lehen bio and selected chess compositions at Chess Composition Microweb External links Ľudo Lehen Flower among Be tone - Marco Gerbi about Ľudo Lehen in 2005 (published also in Italian ARTEIN) Dušan Valocký: To independent exhibitions Ľudo Lehen - 2001 With friends of chess composition - April 2008 To 80. birthday Ľudo Lehen List of selected chess problems by composers List of chess problems in Slovak newspapers 1925 births 2014 deaths Chess composers People from Banská Bystrica Slovak painters