Dušan Samo Jurkovič

< p > Dušan Samo Jurkovič (23 August 1868 Turá Lúka - 21 December 1947 Bratislava) was a Slovak architect, furniture designer and ethnographer. < / p > < p > Dušan Samo (Samuel) Jurkovič was a prominent representative of Art Nouveau architecture. He created a very distinctive style, strongly influenced by folk architecture. He also sought inspiration from the Arts and Crafts. He was the grandson of Samuel Jurkovic - founder of the Gazdovic Society in Sobotišt, the first credit cooperative on the European continent and co-founder of the Slovak Matrix. < / p >