Alenka Gerlovič
Alenka Gerlovič (17 September 1919 – 9 December 2010) was a Slovene painter. Gerlovič was born in Ljubljana in 1919. She studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts.
Alenka Gerlovič

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- Name
- Alenka Gerlovič
- Born
- 17 September 1919
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Died
- 9 December 2010
- Field
- painting
- Training
- Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- painter · publicist · marionetteist · partisan · art educator
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and University of Zagreb
- Honours
- Prešeren Fund Awards
- Languages
- Slovene
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Alenka Gerlovič (17 September 1919 – 9 December 2010) was a Slovene painter. Gerlovič was born in Ljubljana in 1919. She studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts.
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Biography
During the Second World War she joined the partisans. She died in Ljubljana in 2010. She won the Levstik Award in 1968 for her book Likovni pouk otrok (Art Classes for Children). She won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1981 for her artistic achievements.
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• Name — Alenka Gerlovič • Born — 17 September 1919 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Died — 9 December 2010 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — painting • Training — Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts • Works — Painting
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Alenka Gerlovič is recorded as painter, publicist, marionetteist, partisan and art educator.
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1919
Alenka Gerlovič was born in 1919 at Ljubljana.
2010
Alenka Gerlovič died in 2010 at Ljubljana.
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Subversive Children's Literature - a Puppet Play Georgie and the Three Thieves by Alenka Gerlovič in the Context, Amfiteater, 2021
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