Marjan Keršič aka Belač ( sl, Marjan Keršič - Belač) (18 May 1920 – 3 June 2003) was a

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n sculptor and mountaineer.

Sculpture

Keršič was a student of Boris Kalin. He graduated in 1949 at the Ljubljana Academy of Arts. From 1962 to 1966 he taught sculpture at the School of Visual Design in Ljubljana. His first works can be classified as typical of

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(a monument to the Slovene National Liberation Struggle in Planina pri Rakeku, 1953). Later he continued in a moderate

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( Aleš Bebler Monument in

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, 1981).

Mountaineering

In August 1960, Keršič was part of the expedition, the first Yugoslav mountaineering expedition to the

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s. They ascended Trisul III ().

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Marjan Keršič Belač, kipar in alpinist
(Marjan Keršič aka Belač), the sculptor and the mountain climber. TV documentary. RTV Slovenija. 1920 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Slovenian sculptors 20th-century Slovenian male artists Yugoslav mountain climbers University of Ljubljana alumni Yugoslav sculptors {{Slovenia-artist-stub