Matjaž Schmidt (7 February 1948 – 29 September 2010) was a Slovene artist and illustrator, best known for his

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s. Schmidt was born in

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. After high school, he attended the Faculty of Architecture. In 1968, he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he specialized in illustration. He was married to Jelka Godec Schmidt, who is also an illustrator. In 2009, he won the

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for lifetime achievement in illustration.Radiotelevizija Slovenija site 9 June 2009 ''Levstikove nagrade za smetano otroške literature'' The Levstik Award for the Cream of Children's Literature
/ref> He died in Ljubljana,

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20th-century Slovenian illustrators 21st-century Slovenian illustrators 20th-century Slovenian painters 21st-century Slovenian painters Artists from Ljubljana Slovenian children's book illustrators Slovenian comics artists 1948 births 2010 deaths Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-artist-stub