This article is a list of Slovenian artists and architects

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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 Julia Doria is a Slovene writer, illustrator and visual artist. Ljubljana, Slovenia. She writes children's books and prose fiction for adults. Her illustrations appear in children's picture books and in prose fiction and nonfiction books. Life ...

- 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 ...

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

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Stane Jagodič Stane Jagodič (born 15 June 1943) is a Slovenian painter, photographer, caricaturist, and author. His art has been socially critical. He is especially known for his montages, assemblages, and collages, joining objects that would seem to be inc ...

(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 (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 Slovenes, Slovene female Painting, painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich ...

(1861–1926) - painter * Tone Kralj (1900–1975) - painter *

Juta Krulc Juta Krulc (1913–2015) was a Yugoslav landscape gardener, architect and artist. She worked into very old age and became known for being the oldest active garden designer in Slovenia. Early life Krulc was born in Radovljica during World War I. ...

(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 (Aka ...

(1931–2015) - painter and graphic artist *

France Mihelič France Mihelič (27 April 1907 – 1 August 1998) was a Slovene painter, one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century, known for his surrealist figurative paintings and prints. Mihelič was born in Virmaš ...

(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 w ...

(1907–2006) - ballet dancer and choreographer *

Marko Modic Marko Modic (born 26 August 1958 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian photographer, painter and visual artist from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Photographic and artistic circles of the world attributed Marko Modic a special place because of his unique and color ...

(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 (b. 1941) - architect * Zoran Mušič (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 and ...

(b. 1953) - architect and visual artist *

Marij Pregelj Marij Pregelj (8 August 1913 – 18 March 1967) was a 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 writer and p ...

(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 (1922–1961) - sculptor *

Maksim Sedej Maksim Sedej (26 May 1909 – 13 May 1974) was a Slovenes, Slovene painting, painter, one of the key figures of the mid-20th-century art scene in Slovenia. Sedej was born in Dobračeva on the northern outskirts of Žiri in 1909. He studied art at ...

(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 (1965–) - silversmith

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Henrika Šantel Henrika Šantel (17 August 1874 – 15 February 1940) was a Slovenian realist painter. Šantel was born in Gorizia (in northeast Italy, currently on the border with Slovenia), then part of Austria-Hungary. Her mother, Avgusta Šantel, was a paint ...

(1874–1940) - painter * Ive Šubic (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 (1877–1943) - sculptor

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* Ivan Vurnik (1884–1971) - architect and town planner

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