Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopič (12 April 1869 – 21 April 1943) was a Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovene Impressionist painting.
Rihard Jakopič
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- Born
- 1869 · Ljubljana.
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes
- Occupation
- painter · art theorist
- Fields
- painting · art theory
- Movements
- Impressionism
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich · Academy of Fine Arts Vienna · Academy of Fine Arts and Prague
- Languages
- Slovene
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Rihard Jakopič (12 April 1869 – 21 April 1943) was a Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovene Impressionist painting.
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Rihard Jakopič (born 1869) was an art theorist and painter and a national of Cisleithania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The art theorist was born and died in Ljubljana.
Rihard Jakopič studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The art theorist worked for University of Ljubljana and was a member of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Rihard Jakopič was active in art theory and painting. The art theorist was associated with Impressionism.
Genres include portrait. Languages used include Slovene.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Rihard Jakopič studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. Mira Pintar is recorded as having studied under Rihard Jakopič. The recorded working language is Slovene. The field of work recorded is painting and art theory. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with University of Ljubljana.
Rihard Jakopič was born in Krakovo, a suburb of Ljubljana, the capital of Carniola in the Austria-Hungary, now Slovenia. His father, Franc Jakopič, was a well-situated tradesman with agricultural goods. His mother was Neža, née Dolžan. Rihard was the youngest of eight children. Jakopič studied at the intermediate secondary school from 1879 to 1887. After passing an entry exam, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, for a short time returned home due to an illness, and then resumed his studies in 1888. In 1889, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and in 1890, the Ažbe Art School in Munich.
Career
Career
Then he lived in Ljubljana, where he participated in the establishment of the Slovene Art Society, and after 1902 in Škofja Loka. In 1903, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Jakopič returned to Ljubljana in 1906. He was one of the early members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, founded in 1938.
Death
Death
Jakopič died at his home in Ljubljana at 1:45 pm on 21 April 1943 after a long and difficult illness. A wake was held at his residence at New Square (Novi trg) no. 2, and he was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (now Žale Cemetery) on 23 April 1943 after a ceremony at 3:30 pm at Saint Joseph's Chapel.
Selected works
Selected works
Sončni breg (Sunny Hillside; 1903), National Gallery, Ljubljana Breze v jeseni (Birches in Autumn; 1903), National Gallery, Ljubljana Kamnitnik v snegu (Kamnitnik Hill in the Snow; 1903), National Gallery, Ljubljana Sončni breg (Sunny Hillside; 1903), National Gallery, Ljubljana Zima (Winter; 1904), National Gallery, Ljubljana Pri svetilki (By the Lamp; 1904), National Gallery, Ljubljana Študija sonca (A Study of the Sun; 1905), National Gallery, Ljubljana Križanke (1909), National Gallery, Ljubljana Spomini (Memories; 1912), National Gallery, Ljubljana Zeleni pajčolan (The Green Veil; 1915), National Gallery, Ljubljana Večer na Savi (Evening on the Sava River; 1926), National Gallery, Ljubljana Slepec (Blind Man; 1926), National Gallery, Ljubljana
Legacy
Over 1200 paintings and 650 drawings by Jakopič have been preserved. In Ljubljana, Jakopič established the Slovene School of Impressionist Drawing and Painting, the predecessor of the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Ljubljana. One of his students was Mira Pintar. He was an initiator for the foundation of the National Gallery of Slovenia. In 1908, he built a pavilion in Tivoli Park, based on plans by the architect Max Fabiani. The Jakopič Pavilion became the central venue for art exhibitions in the Slovene Lands at the time. In 1962, due to the relocation of a railway line, it was demolished. In 1965 a primary school in Šiška was named after him. Since 1969, the Jakopič Award, the highest Slovenian award in fine arts, is presented annually. In 1970–72, a statue of Jakopič by Bojan Kunaver was erected on the original site of the pavilion. In 1979, a new Jakopič Gallery (Slovene: Galerija Jakopič) opened at Slovene Street (Slovene: Slovenska cesta) in Ljubljana. After Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, Jakopič was portrayed by Rudi Španzel on the 100 Slovenian tolar banknote, in circulation from October 1991 until the introduction of euro in January 2007.
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- 1.Cankar, Izidor. Jakopič Rihard. Slovenski biografski leksikon. January 2026. 978-961-268-001-5 Dead link.
- 2."Mojster slovenskih slikarjev akademik R. Jakopič umrl." 1943 Slovenec 71(92) (23 April): 2, 4.
- 3.Šiška, Marko. Twenty Years of National Currency. Www.ukom.gov.si. Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia. January 2012.
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