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Slovenian Artists
This article is a list of Slovenian artists and architects A * France Ahčin (1919–1989) - sculptor * Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) - painter and graphic artist *Anton Ažbe (1862–1905) - painter C *Jože Ciuha (1924–2015) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator Č * Anton Čebej (1722–1774) - painter *Avgust Černigoj (1898–1985) - painter D * Julia Doria - illustrator, painter, writer F *Max Fabiani (1865–1962) - architect G *Ivan Grohar (1867–1911) - painter. * Franc Grom *Herman Gvardjančič (b. 1943) - painter. J * Stane Jagodič (b. 1943) - painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator *Božidar Jakac (1899–1989) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator *Rihard Jakopič (1869–1943) - painter *Matija Jama (1872–1947) - painter K * Boris Kobe (1905–1981) - architect and painter *Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926) - painter *Tone Kralj (1900–1975) - painter * Juta Krulc (1913–2015) - landscape architect and artist L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) was a Slovenes, Slovene Painting, painter, and is considered the most prominentpainter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana. She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few. The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegory, allegories, and religious scenes. She was a controversial person, criticized for following movements that had not developed further in later periods. Biography Ivana Kobilca was born in Ljubljana as a daughter in a wealthy family of a craftsman. Her parents gave great emphasis on education. At first, she learned how to draw, but also French and Italian, in the Ursuline High School, Ljubljana, Ursuline High School in her home town, where her teacher of drawing was Ida Künl. When she was 16, she went with her father to Vienna, where she s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štefan Planinc
Štefan Planinc (8 September 1925–2017) was a Slovenes, Slovene Surrealism, surrealist painting, painter also known for his illustrator, illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books. Planinc was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and has received numerous awards for his works. He won the Levstik Award in 1959 and 1965. Selected Illustrated Works * ''Mame ni doma'' (Mum is not at Home), written by Erich Kästner, 1992 * ''Lessie se vrača'' (Lassie Come-Home), written by Eric Knight, 1985 * ''Pesmi za lačne sanjavce'' (Poems for Hungry Dreamers), written by Milan Dekleva, 1981 * ''Vrtiljak'' (The Merry-Go-Round), written by Tone Pavček, 1980 * ''Cigančica'' (The Little Gipsy Girl ), written by Tone Seliškar, 1979 * ''Hišica brez napisa'' (The Little House Without a Sign), written by Jože Snoj, 1978 * ''Kvadrat pa pika'' (A Square and a Dot), written by Gregor Strniša, 1977 * ''Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veno Pilon
Veno Pilon (22 September 1896 – 23 September 1970) was a Slovene expressionist painter, graphic artist and photographer. He was born and died in Ajdovščina. Biography Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). After he had finished the Gorizia Grammar School, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He fought on the Eastern front and was captured by the Russian army. He later described his experience as a prisoner of war in the autobiography ''Na robu'' ("On the Edge"). He returned to Ajdovščina Ajdovščina (; ,trilingual name "Haidenschaft, Aidussina, Ajdovščina" inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K. ... in 1919, where he took up painting and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In the late 1920s Pilon moved to Paris, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavko Pengov
Slavko Pengov (24 June 1908 – 6 January 1966) was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana and the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bled. Pengov was born in Ljubljana in 1908. He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1945 he taught at the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana. He also illustrated a number of books and won the Levstik Award in 1951 for his illustrations of Fran Saleški Finžgar's book ''Pod svobodnim soncem'' (Under A Free Sun). In 1959 he received the Prešeren Award The Prešeren Award (), also called the Grand Prešeren Award (), is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia. It is awarded each year by the Prešeren Fund () to two eminent Slovene art ... for his murals on the history of Slovenes in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana. References Sloveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Mušič
Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of Italy and France, particularly Paris in the second half of the 20th century, where he lived for most of his later life. He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, as well as scenes of horror from the Dachau concentration camp and vedute of Venice. Life Early Life and Education Zoran Mušič was born in a Slovene-speaking family in Bukovica, a small village in the lower Vipava Valley near Gorizia, in what was then the Austrian County of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). Mušič's father Anton was the headmaster of the local school, and his mother Marija (née Blažič) was a teacher there. Both parents were Slovenes from the Gorizia region: his father was from the village of Šmartno in the Gorizia Hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Mušič
Marko Marijan Mušič (born 30 January 1941) is a Slovenian architect. He has designed buildings in cities such as Zagreb, Skopje and Ljubljana. Education Mušič studied architecture in Slovenia, the US and Denmark. Memberships From May 2008 to December 2013 he has been a vice-president of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Works * Hall of the Seven Secretaries of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), Zagreb (1966) * University Center, Skopje (1975–1978) * Memorial Hall, Bosanski Šamac (1975–1978) * Ljubljana railway station (1980) * Incarnation Church, Dravlje, Ljubljana (1980–1985) * New Žale Cemetery (1982–1988) * Saint Francis's Church, Kotor Varoš (1986–1991) * Domus Slovenica, Vienna Vienna ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Muster
Nikolaj Muster (22 November 1925 – 7 May 2018), known as Miki Muster, was a Slovenian academic sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. He is viewed as a pioneer in the field of comics and animation in Slovenia, known for the series of comics featuring the characters Zvitorepec, Trdonja, and Lakotnik, and animated TV commercials. Biography Muster first got interested in animation when he saw Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, with a degree in sculpture. Even during the studies, he wished to join the Disney studios in the US, which was impossible given the post-war political situation. After completing only a couple of statues, he focused on drawing. In 1952, Muster started drawing his comic strip ''Zvitorepec'', which was running in magazines ''Poletove podobe in povesti'' (PPP) and ''Tedenska tribuna''. PPP was supposed to publish Disney's comics but as they did not arrive in time, Muster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Modic
Marko Modic (born 26 August 1958 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian photographer, painter and visual artist from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Biography In 1976 he got his first camera Praktica from his father. At the beginning he worked in black and white photographs and later embarked on a more complex photo-montage that he uses also in his work today. Photograph is used occasionally as a basis on which then he draws a picture. In his work are photographs, paintings, books, as well as performances. Modic's enigmatic photographic works show an extreme sensibility towards perception and use of colors. He captures details of everyday objects or places and uncommonly presents them in insolation, neither in a content nor in perspective-evoking ambiguous interpretation and curiosity... In 1988 Marko Modic won "Zlata ptica" ["Golden Bird"], a Slovenian award for extraordinary achievements in the fields of cultural creation. Marko Modic has exhibited his photographs widely at home, in Italy, Ecua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino Mlakar
Pino Mlakar () (2 March 1907, Novo Mesto – 30 September 2006) was a Slovenian ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Biography Pino Mlakar was born in Novo Mesto and baptized Jožef Mlaker, the son of the court official Ivan Mlaker (1858–1924) and Marjeta (née Rodica) Mlakar (1864–1930). In 1927, he graduated from the Rudolf Laban Choreographic Institute in Hamburg. He was a member of the Ljubljana Opera and Ballet Company from 1946 to 1960. For 25 years, he was a full professor at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) of the University of Ljubljana. In 1929, he married fellow choreographer Maria Luiza Pia Beatrice Scholz (1910–2000), who was professionally known as Pia Mlakar. Their daughter Veronika Mlakar was also a ballet dancer. He officially changed his name from Jožef Mlaker to Pino Mlakar in 1999. He died in Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; ; also known by #Name, alternative names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Mihelič
France Mihelič (27 April 1907 – 1 August 1998) was a Slovene painter, one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century, known for his surrealist figurative paintings and prints. Mihelič was born in Virmaše near Škofja Loka in 1907. He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts between 1927 and 1931. He received the Prešeren Award three times, in 1949 for his paintings ''Kolona v snegu'' and ''Vaška ječa'', in 1955 for his graphic opus and in 1965 for the set and puppets for a puppet performance of Sinja ptica (Bluebird) staged in 1964 at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre. He won the Levstik Award for his book illustrations four times: in 1949 for his illustrations of Prežihov Voranc's book ''Solzice'' (Lillies of the Valley), in 1951 for Fran Levstik's ''Najdihojca'', in 1952 for France Bevk's ''Pestrna'' (Child Minder) and in 1956 for Mira Mihelič's ''Štirje letni časi'' (The Four Seasons). In 1978 he also won the Jakopič Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Maraž
Adriana Jadranka Maraž (26 December 1931 – 8 May 2015) was a Slovene graphic artist. She was born in Ilirska Bistrica. From 1949 until 1957, she studied painting and graphic art with the professor Maksim Sedej at the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademija za likovno umetnost) (ALU) in Ljubljana. She had many solo exhibitions and has participated in the Graphic Art Biennales in Ljubljana. She won the Grand Prix at the second Norwegian International Print Biennale in Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal .... Maraž won the Jakopič award, the award for achievements in children's literature, in 1977 and the Prešeren Fund Award, the award for the artistic achievements, in 1983. References 1931 births 2015 deaths University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
