Franc Berneker
Illustration — Franc Berneker (1910) Franc Berneker (October 4, 1874 – May 16, 1932) was a 19th- and early-20th-century Slovene tomb sculptor, who had a strong impact on Slovenj Gradec gaining recognition for his work in bronze, marble and monuments. His art focus went from realism to modernism to psychology, drama and an exploration of the relationship between worked and unworked, smooth and rough. He studied with Edmund von Hellmer at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and Ivan Zajec on monuments of national heroes His art work is displayed at the Resau Art Nouveau Network.
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Franc Berneker
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- Born
- 1874 · Legen.
- Died
- 1932 · Ljubljana.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes · Cisleithania
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Languages
- Slovene
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Illustration — Franc Berneker (1910) Franc Berneker (October 4, 1874 – May 16, 1932) was a 19th- and early-20th-century Slovene tomb sculptor, who had a strong impact on Slovenj Gradec gaining recognition for his work in bronze, marble and monuments. His art focus went from realism to modernism to psychology, drama and an exploration of the relationship between worked and unworked, smooth and rough. He studied with Edmund von Hellmer at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and Ivan Zajec on monuments of national heroes His art work is displayed at the Resau Art Nouveau Network.
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Berneker's work has been shown around the world in museums including: • Belgrade (1912) • Bled (1911) • Celje (1940) • Ljubljana (1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1938, 1940) • London (1906) • Slovenj Gradec (1984, 2001) • Trieste (1907) • Vienna (1904, 2003).
Franc Berneker - Glava mladega moža
Franc Berneker
Franc Berneker - Ženska glava z uhani
Franc Berneker
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1874
Franc Berneker born at Legen.
1932
Franc Berneker died at Ljubljana.
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• Illustration — A girl (1910) Below is a list of some of Berneker's sculptures: • A Girl • Gradišče, Slovenj Gradec • The Drowned Couple • Oton Župančič • Drama • Victims • Zdenka Vidic and Mira Ban • Female Head • Wrestlers • Monument commemorating Trubar • Model for Turner's Tomb • Model for a Monument for Adamič and Lunder.
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