Kostja Gatnik
Kostja Gatnik (11 September 1945 – 1 August 2022) was a Slovene artist, graphic designer and illustrator, best known for his illustrations in children's books.
Kostja Gatnik
- Name
- Kostja Gatnik
- Born
- 11 September 1945
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, FS Slovenia, DF Yugoslavia
- Died
- 1 August 2022
- Field
- Painting, drawing, illustrating, design
- Training
- Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Slovenia
- Occupation
- writer · graphic designer · painter · illustrator · artist
- Education
- University of Ljubljana · Nova Gorica Grammar School
- Honours
- Prešeren Award · Levstik Award · Prešeren Award for Students · Hinka Smrekarja Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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Kostja Gatnik (11 September 1945 – 1 August 2022) was a Slovene artist, graphic designer and illustrator, best known for his illustrations in children's books.
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Kostja Gatnik (1945–2022) was a Slovenian and Yugoslav artist, comics artist and graphic designer, among other activities. The artist was born in Ljubljana. Kostja Gatnik studied at Nova Gorica Grammar School and University of Ljubljana.
Languages used include Slovene. The artist received Hinka Smrekarja Award, Levstik Award and Prešeren Award, among others.
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• Name — Kostja Gatnik • Born — 11 September 1945 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, FS Slovenia, DF Yugoslavia • Died — 1 August 2022 • Field — Painting, drawing, illustrating, design • Training — Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana • Works — Children's books illustrations, comic books
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Biography
Gatnik was born in Ljubljana in 1945. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He worked as a painter, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer. He illustrated over 60 books, published cartoons and designed puppets and theatre costumes. Among all characters he created perhaps the most famous is Magna Purga, a comic book hero. In 2010, he won the Grand Prešeren Award for his lifetime achievements in the fine arts. In 2011, he won the Levstik Award for lifetime achievement in illustration.
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Kostja Gatnik is recorded as writer, graphic designer, painter, illustrator and artist.
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1945
Kostja Gatnik born at Ljubljana.
2022
Kostja Gatnik died.
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