Dušan Petrič (1916–1964) was a Slovene

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and

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who won the

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in 1951 for his illustrations for ''Kaj je videl Mižek Figa'' (What Mižek Figa Saw). He also designed a number of political and other

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s in the period immediately after the

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.Examples of Dušan Petrič's posters at the Digital Library of Slovenia site
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Selected Illustrated Works

* ''Pazi na glavo – glava ni žoga'' (Look After Your Head - Your Head Isn't a Ball), written by France Bevk, 1955 * ''Ujka'' ( Tootle), written by Gertrude Crampton, 1954 * ''Mižek Figa gre po svetu'' (Mižek Figa Goes Into the World), written by

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, 1953 * ''Kaj je videl Mižek Figa'' (What Mižek Figa Saw), written by Ljudmila Prunk, 1951

References

20th-century Slovenian illustrators Slovenian male painters Slovenian poster artists Slovenian political artists Levstik Award laureates 1916 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century Slovenian male artists {{slovenia-artist-stub