Janez Zorko (16 December 1937 – 7 October, 2023) was a

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n sculptor and mountain climber. He attended art school from 1957 to 1959 in

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. He moved to

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in 1964, and taught Materials and Technology courses at the

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from 1974 to 1976. He creates both figurative and abstract sculptures in marble, metal and wood. He is also a keen mountain climber, and has performed numerous ascents, both solo and with others. Zorko died on 7 October 2023, at the age of 85.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zorko, Janez 1937 births People from the Municipality of Sevnica Slovenian mountain climbers 20th-century Slovenian sculptors 20th-century Slovenian male artists 21st-century Slovenian sculptors Academic staff of the University of Paris 2023 deaths