Nikolaj Omersa

Nikolaj Omersa studied at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Slovene. The field of work recorded is painting. Employment is recorded with University of Ljubljana. Work by Nikolaj Omersa is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum. Distinctions recorded are Prešeren Award.

• Name — Nikolaj Omersa • Born — 3 December 1911 • Birthplace — Idrija, Slovenia • Died — 3 December 1981 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — painting and illustrating • Training — Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb • Works — Painting and illustration

Omersa was born in Idrija in 1911. He graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts in 1937. During the Second World War he was interred in Dachau Mittelbau-Dora and Ravensbrück concentration camps. After the war he taught in Ljubljana and was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design from 1954 to 1973. He received the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1969 for an exhibition of his work in Nova Gorica the previous year, and the Grand Prešeren Award in 1978 for his lifetime achievement. He also won the Levstik Award for his illustrations three times: in 1950 for his illustrations of Milan Šega's collection of stories Zgodbe o živalih (Stories about Animals), in 1955 for his illustrations of a Hungarian folk tale Zajčkov zvonček (Bunny's Bell) and in 1959 for three books - Skrivnostni jezdec (The Mysterious Rider) by Zane Grey, Pisani svet (Colourful World) by France Bevk and Pogumni kapitani (Captains Courageous) by Rudyard Kipling.

Nikolaj Omersa is recorded with the occupation writer. Institutional cataloguing adds that nikolaj Omersa is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded as a citizen of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that nikolaj Omersa was born on 3 December 1911. It is also recorded that nikolaj Omersa died on 3 December 1981.