Dominik Skutecký

Dominik Skutecký (14 February 1849, Gajary – 13 March 1921, Banská Bystrica) was a Slovakian painter of Jewish ancestry.

Alternate forms of his name include David, Domenico, Döme, Skutezky, Skuteczky and Skutetzky.

After his father's death in 1859, his family moved to Vienna, where he began his artistic studies with the sculptor Johann Meixner [cs].

Upon receiving a scholarship, he continued his studies in Venice from 1867 to 1870, where he worked with the history painter, Pompeo Marino Molmenti at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

During his first stay in Banská Bystrica, from 1884 to 1886, he concentrated on landscapes and genre scenes from the local peasantry.