Cita Potokar
Cita Potokar (28 November 1915 – 28 November 1993) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books. Many of her best known works draw from her experience as an internee during the Second World War as a result of her activities in the Slovene Liberation Front. She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations of Branka Jurca's book Lizike za vse (Lollipops for All).
Cita Potokar
- Name
- Cita Potokar
- Born
- 28 November 1915
- Died
- 28 November 1993
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Field
- painting, illustrating
- Training
- Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- illustrator · painter · partisan
- Fields
- painting
- Honours
- Levstik Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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Cita Potokar (28 November 1915 – 28 November 1993) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books. Many of her best known works draw from her experience as an internee during the Second World War as a result of her activities in the Slovene Liberation Front. She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations of Branka Jurca's book Lizike za vse (Lollipops for All).
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• Name — Cita Potokar • Born — 28 November 1915 • Died — 28 November 1993 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — painting, illustrating • Training — Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade • Works — Painting and illustration
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Cita Potokar is recorded as illustrator, painter and partisan.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1915
Cita Potokar born at Dragatuš.
1993
Cita Potokar died at Ljubljana.
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Dragatuš.
Birth place
Ljubljana.
Death place
Selected illustrated works
• Kaj nam je popisal Jakec (What Little Jack Told Us), written by Jože Šmit, 1953 • Vesela abeceda (Happy Alphabet), written by Vera Albreht, 1955 • Bratec in sestrica (Brother and sister), written by Branka Jurca, 1956 • Okoli in okoli (Round and Round), written by Branka Jurca, 1960 • Veliki in mali ljudje (Large and Small People), written by Zofka Kveder, 1960 • Lizike za vse (Lollipops for All), written by Branka Jurca, 1965 • Sto belokranjskih (A Hundred from White Carniola), written by Lojze Zupanc, 1965 • Marjanka Vseznalka (Marjanka Knowitall), written by Branka Jurca, 1966
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