Tone Žnidaršič (5 November 1923 – 9 April 2007) was a Slovene

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 sculptor who also illustrated children's books and textbooks. He won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award () is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established by a Slovene publishin ...

in 1964 for his illustrations for the primary school textbook ''Nauk o človeku'' (On the Human Body).The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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