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* France Ahčin (1919-1989) - sculptor * Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) - painter and graphic artist *

Anton Ažbe Anton Ažbe (30 May 1862 – 5 or 6 August 1905) was a Slovene realist painter and teacher of painting. Ažbe, crippled since birth and orphaned at the age of 8, learned painting as an apprentice to Janez Wolf and at the Academies in Vienna and ...

(1862–1905) - painter

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Jože Ciuha Jože Ciuha (26 April 1924 – 12 April 2015) was a Slovenian painter. Biography Jože Ciuha was born in Trbovlje. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. During his career he traveled extensively, his artistic style in ...

(1924–2015) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator

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* Anton Čebej (1722–1774) - painter *

Avgust Černigoj Avgust Černigoj, also known in Italian as Augusto Cernigoi (August 24, 1898 – November 17, 1985), was a Yugoslav-era Slovenian painter known for his avant-garde experiments in Constructivism. Biography He was born in Trieste, to a Sloven ...

(1898–1985) - painter

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* Julia Doria - illustrator, painter, writer

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* Max Fabiani (1865–1962) - architect

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Ivan Grohar Ivan Grohar (15 June 1867 – 19 April 1911) was a Slovene Impressionist painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle p ...

(1867–1911) - painter. * Herman Gvardjančič (b. 1943) - painter.

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* Stane Jagodič (b. 1943) - painter, graphic artist, montager and illustrator *

Božidar Jakac Božidar Jakac (July 16, 1899 – November 20, 1989) was a Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, printmaker, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and oil paintings ...

(1899–1989) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator *

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 pio ...

(1869–1943) - painter * Matija Jama (1872–1947) - painter

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* Boris Kobe (1905–1981) - architect and painter *

Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Lj ...

(1861–1926) - painter *

Tone Kralj Tone Kralj (23 August 1900 – 9 September 1975) was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations. Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague betw ...

(1900–1975) - painter * Juta Krulc (1913–2015) - landscape architect and artist

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* Lojze Logar (1944–2014) - painter and graphic artist

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Adriana Maraž Adriana Jadranka Maraž (26 December 1931 – 8 May 2015) was a Slovene graphic artist. She was born in Ilirska Bistrica. From 1949 until 1957, she studied painting and graphic art with the professor Maksim Sedej at the Academy of Fine Arts (Ak ...

(1931–2015) - painter and graphic artist * France Mihelič (1907–1998) - painter and graphic artist *

Pino Mlakar Pino Mlakar () (2 March 1907, Novo Mesto – 30 September 2006) was a Slovenian ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He was born in Novo Mesto. In 1927 he graduated from the Rudolf Laban Choreographic Institute in Hamburg. He was a ...

(1907–2006) - ballet dancer and choreographer * Marko Modic (b. 1958) - photographer, painter and visual artist *

Miki Muster Nikolaj Muster (22 November 1925 – 7 May 2018), known as Miki Muster, was a Slovenian academic sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. He is viewed as a pioneer in the field of comics and animation in Slovenia, known for the series of ...

(1925–2018) - illustrator *

Marko Mušič Marko Marijan Mušič (born 30 January 1941) is a Slovenian architect. He has designed buildings in cities such as Zagreb, Skopje and Ljubljana. Since May 2008 he has been a vice-president of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). W ...

(b. 1941) - architect *

Zoran Mušič Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of I ...

(1909–2005) - painter

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* Slavko Pengov (1908–1966) - painter * Veno Pilon (1896–1970) - painter * Štefan Planinc (b. 1925) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator * Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) - architect *

Marjetica Potrč Marjetica Potrč (pronounced ; born 1953) is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Potrč's interdisciplinary practice includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings. Her work documents an ...

(b. 1953) - architect and visual artist *

Marij Pregelj Marij Pregelj (8 August 1913 – 18 March 1967) was a Slovenes, Slovene painter, considered one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century. Pregelj was born in Kranj in 1913 and was the son of the Slovene writ ...

(1913–1967) - painter and illustrator

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* Edo Ravnikar (1907–1993) - architect * Rocc (b. 1979) - opera stage director, scenographer, dramaturge and performance artist * Miránda Rúmina (?–) - multimedia, painter, writer

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Jakob Savinšek Jakob Savinšek (4 February 1922 – 17 August 1961) was a Slovene sculptor, illustrator, and poet. Life Savinšek was born in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia ...

(1922–1961) - sculptor * Maksim Sedej (1909–1974) - painter *

Savin Sever Savin Sever (27 June 1927, in Krško – 12 April 2003, in Ljubljana) was a Slovene architect. He was the son of a lawyer from the Littoral temporarily working in Krško, but he grew up in Maribor and Ljubljana. Sever is considered one of the m ...

(1927–2003) - architect *

Matej Sternen Matej Sternen (20 September 1870 – 28 June 1949) was a leading Slovene Impressionist painter. Sternen was born in Verd, now part of the Carniolan municipality of Vrhnika, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and baptized ''Matthæus Str ...

(1870–1949) - painter *

Christoph Steidl Porenta Christoph Steidl Porenta (born 1965) is a silversmith and goldsmith who lives and works in Slovenia. He is a knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Early life Steidl Porenta (born Schneck) was born in Munich, Bavaria in West Germany on 5 May 196 ...

(1965–) - silversmith

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* Henrika Šantel (1874–1940) - painter *

Ive Šubic Ive Šubic (23 April 1922 – 29 December 1989) was a Slovene painter, graphic artists and illustrator. Šubic was born in the village of Hotovlja near Poljane above Škofja Loka in 1922. He enrolled in the Zagreb Academy of Arts in 1940, but ...

(1922–1989) - painter *

Vladimir Šubic Vladimir Šubic (23 May 1894 – 16 November 1946)Bernik, Stane. 1999. "Vladimir Šubic." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 13. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 163. was a Slovene architect. He designed many buildings, most notably Nebotičnik ...

(1894–1946) - architect

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Jožef Tominc Giuseppe Tominz, also known as Jožef Tominc (6 July 179024 April 1866), was an Italian-Slovene painter from the Austrian Littoral. He worked mostly in the cultural milieu of the upper bourgeoisie in the Austrian Illyrian Kingdom. He was one of ...

(1790–1866) - painter

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Joseph Urbania Joseph Urbania (also Josef Urbanija or Josip Vrbanija) (February 16, 1877 – June 10, 1943) was a List of Slovenian sculptors, 20th Century Slovene Sculptor, who lived and worked in Austria for much of his life. His media was large-scale wood, st ...

(1877–1943) - sculptor

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Ivan Vurnik Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(1884–1971) - architect and town planner

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{{Reflist List of Slovenian artists

Artists An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the ...

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

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