JANCSKÁRNÉ - NAGY MAGDOLNA
 I was born in 1937 in Slovakia. I have been living in a small village called Terbeléd ever since. I have been a widow for 1 year and 5 month. I have a son and two grandsons. The biggest problem is our family name (Jancskár), because it is too frequent in our village.

I use the name Jancskár Básthy as a reverence to the memories of my predecessors as well as my signature to make it distinguished.

In 1955 I attained a degree at the University of Komárom. I started to paint in 1980. I have been a self-learner but nowadays my painting knowledge is still a bit limited. My first sample paintings were sent to two painters called Koprócs Tibor and Dr. Gabriel Krúdy. At the beginning I used only paintbrush, but nowadays I scarcely ever use it. Instead, I prefer using other tools and my fingers.

I’m a member of a group of amateur painters in Losonc. I have already been in many exhibitions with my group partners (e.g. in 1986 in Losonc and in 1988 in Rimaszombat). In 1989 in the exhibition of the Middle-Slovakian Hungarian Workers VI., my four pictures toured around Slovakia. My first own exhibition was opened in my birthplace in July 2003. Art exhibitions:

July 2004 in Fülek and Losonc in the Café Notre

March 2005 in the library “Dunamenti” in Komárom

March 2006 in Hungary-Bátonyterenye, where they asked me to join an Art club, which public name is Art 11 Painters Club.

This year I was with my group partners in a creative camp in the mountain Mátra and we have good remembrance. Since that time I were in many exhibition with my club members in Bátonyterenye, Kazár, Salgótarján.

I paint pictures about nature, because I’m fallen in love to the nature.