Gvido Birolla (12 June 1881 – 29 May 1963) was a Slovene

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and

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, known for his political caricatures published in satirical newspapers of the time and his book illustrations. Birolla was born in

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in 1881. His father was an Italian from

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and his mother a Slovene from

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of ...

. After his father's death in 1884, his mother moved back to Škofja Loka where Gvido grew up. He studied in Ljubljana and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in

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. He died in Ljubljana in 1963. Birolla was a very popular book illustrator and won the

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for his illustrations of Karel Širok's book ''Trije bratje in trije razbojniki'' (Three Brothers and Three Robbers).

Selected illustrated works

* ''Leta moje mladosti'' (The Years of My Youth), written by

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, 1967 (illustrated together with

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* ''Jurij Kozjak, slovenski janičar'' (Jurij Kozjak, the Slovene Janissary), written by

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, 1963 * ''Repoštev, gospodar krkonošev'', written by

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, 1957 * ''Škorenjček Matevžek'' (Matevžek the Little Boot), written by

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, 1955 * ''Brezen'' (The Abyss), written by Andrej Šavli, 1955 * ''Trije bratje in trije razbojniki'' (Three Brothers and Three Robbers), written by Karel Širok, 1951 * ''Triglav: planinska idila'' (Triglav: A Mountain Idyll), written by

, 1950 * ''Oljki'' (To the Olive Tree), written by Simon Gregorčič, 1944 * ''Mlada pota'' (Paths of Youth), written by

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, 1921

References

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