Boris Kalin

Boris Kalin studied at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Slovene. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Ivan Meštrović is recorded as an influence. Employment is recorded with University of Ljubljana. Works named in the authority record are Tomb of National Heroes. Distinctions recorded are Prešeren Award.

• Name — Boris Kalin • Born — 24 June 1905 • Birthplace — Solkan, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austria-Hungary • Died — 22 May 1975 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia • Known for — sculpture • Training — Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb • Movement — realism, idealism • Notable Works — Fifteen-year-old Girl, A Portrait of Marshal Tito, Monument to the People's Liberation War • Awards — A Portrait of Marshal TitoMonument to the People's Liberation War

Kalin was born in Solkan, which was then a suburb of the Austro-Hungarian town of Gorizia and is now part of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. He attended the technical secondary school in Ljubljana and continued his studies between 1924 and 1929 at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts with the professors Rudolf Valdec, Frano Kršinić, Ivo Kredić, and Ivan Meštrović. From 1945 to 1970, Kalin taught sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana; he was also its dean for two terms. He taught many younger colleagues that became prominent European artists. Kalin was one of the few Slovene sculptors to master stone carving. In 1953 he became a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died in Ljubljana. His younger brother Zdenko was also a prominent sculptor.

For his work he was bestowed with the Prešeren Award three times: in 1947 for his statue Fifteen-Year-Old Girl (Petnajstletna), said to represent his daughter, in 1948 for his statue Portrait of Marshal Tito (Portret Maršala Tita), and in 1950 for his Monument to the People's Liberation War (Spomenik narodnoosvobodilni borbi) in Vrhnika.

Boris Kalin is recorded as sculptor and university teacher.