Ivan Čargo (February 25, 1898 – August 11, 1958) was a Slovene painter, illustrator, scenographer, and caricaturist. Čargo was born in

Tolmin Tolmin (; it, Tolmino,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. ...

on February 25, 1898.Sedej, Ivan. 1988. Čargo, Ivan. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 2, p. 92. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.''Veliki splošni leksikon''.1997. Vol. 2: Ch-Gh, p. 693. Ljubljana: DZS. He studied painting in

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and

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. From 1924 to 1927 he worked as a scenographer at the Popular Theater ( sl, Ljudsko gledališče) in

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, and then lived in

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from 1927 to 1937. During the Second World War he spent time in various prisons until the

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in 1943, after which he joined the Slovene Partisans' Overseas Brigade. After the war, he lived a Bohemian lifestyle in

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. Initially he painted in the Impressionist style, following the lead of

Rihard Jakopič Rihard Jakopič (12 April 1869 – 21 April 1943) was a Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pionee ...

. His education in Italy and travel increased his enthusiasm for Futurism and Expressionism, and he was also attracted by bold

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. He later introduced elements of Cubism into his painting. After 1931 he mostly produced drawings in red chalk and red pencil; he addressed social themes and developed his own style. He was also engaged in scenography and caricatures, and created newspaper illustrations. His most characteristic motifs included manual laborers, miners,

Ivan Cankar Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slo ...

's character the farmhand Jernej,

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

, and

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. His most significant works include his Futurist paintings ''Avtoportret'' (Self Portrait, 1926), ''Portret arhitekta'' (Portrait of an Architect, 1926), ''Ljudje na sprehodu'' (People on a Walk, 1931), and ''V jetnišnici'' (In Prison, 1931). Čargo died in Ljubljana on August 11, 1958. Posthumous exhibitions of his works were held in 1972 at the Ljubljana City Gallery ( sl, Mestna galerija Ljubljana) and in 1981 at the Gorizia Museum ( sl, Goriški muzej) in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cargo, Ivan 1898 births 1958 deaths Slovenian male painters Slovenian illustrators Slovenian caricaturists People from Tolmin Artists from Belgrade 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century Slovenian male artists