Ante Trstenjak (29 December 1894 – 4 December 1970) was a

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painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and

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. He used mostly

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and

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. The art gallery in

Ljutomer Ljutomer (; ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia, east of Maribor. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ljutomer. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The economy of Ljutomer is la ...

is named after him. He was born in Slamnjak.

Paintings

* ''Deklica'' (Girl) * ''Tihožitje'' (Still Life) * ''Oljke na Rabu'' (Olive Trees on Rab)

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References

* Slovenski veliki leksikon, Mladinska knjiga (2003) 1894 births 1970 deaths People from the Municipality of Ljutomer Slovenian male painters Slovenian psychologists 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century Slovenian male artists 20th-century psychologists {{Slovenia-painter-stub