Štefan Planinc
Štefan Planinc (8 September 1925 – 2017) was a Slovene surrealist painter also known for his illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books. Planinc was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and has received numerous awards for his works.
Štefan Planinc
- Name
- Štefan Planinc
- Born
- 8 September 1925
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Died
- 2.9.2017
- Field
- painting, illustrating
- Training
- Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Slovenia
- Occupation
- writer · painter · illustrator · artist
- Fields
- painting
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Župančič Award · Prešeren Fund Awards · Jakopič Award · Hinka Smrekarja Award · Silver Order of Merit
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Štefan Planinc (8 September 1925 – 2017) was a Slovene surrealist painter also known for his illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books. Planinc was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and has received numerous awards for his works.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Štefan Planinc (1925–2017) was an artist, illustrator and painter, among other activities, a national of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Slovenia. The artist was born and died in Ljubljana.
Štefan Planinc was educated at University of Ljubljana. Activity centred on painting. Honours include Hinka Smrekarja Award, Jakopič Award and Prešeren Fund Awards, among others.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Štefan Planinc. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q8082875 · wikipedia · Štefan Planinc
In this article
Biography
Biography
He won the Levstik Award in 1959 and 1965.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Štefan Planinc • Born — 8 September 1925 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Died — 2.9.2017 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — painting, illustrating • Training — Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana • Works — Painting and illustration
Identity
Identity
What the record establishes about Štefan Planinc. Štefan Planinc is recorded as a citizen of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Štefan Planinc is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Štefan Planinc is recorded as a citizen of Slovenia. Štefan Planinc is recorded as writer, painter, illustrator and artist. Recognition and collections. Štefan Planinc received Župančič Award, Prešeren Fund Awards, Jakopič Award, Hinka Smrekarja Award and Silver Order of Merit.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1925–2017
The full dated record · 3 entries
1925
Štefan Planinc was born on 8 September 1925.
1999
Štefan Planinc (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2017
Štefan Planinc died on 2 September 2017.
Selected Illustrated Works
• Mame ni doma (Mum is not at Home), written by Erich Kästner, 1992 • Lessie se vrača (Lassie Come-Home), written by Eric Knight, 1985 • Pesmi za lačne sanjavce (Poems for Hungry Dreamers), written by Milan Dekleva, 1981 • Vrtiljak (The Merry-Go-Round), written by Tone Pavček, 1980 • Cigančica (The Little Gipsy Girl), written by Tone Seliškar, 1979 • Hišica brez napisa (The Little House Without a Sign), written by Jože Snoj, 1978 • Kvadrat pa pika (A Square and a Dot), written by Gregor Strniša, 1977 • Andrejčkova glava je prazna (Little Andrej's Head is Empty), written by Žarko Petan, 1967 • Drejček in trije marsovčki (Drejček and the Three Martians), written by Vid Pečjak, 1965 • Tajno društvo PGC (The PGC Secret Society), written by Anton Ingolič, 1959 • Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu (Animals in a Curved Mirror), written by Vid Pečjak, 1957 • Črni bratje (Black Brothers), written by France Bevk, 1957 • Otroška leta (Childhood Years), written by France Bevk, 1956
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Illustration
5,224 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Stanley William HayterIllustrator
- Stebbing ShawIllustrator
- Stefan KanchevIllustrator
- Stefan NorblinIllustrator
- Stefan SagmeisterIllustrator
- Štěpán ZavřelIllustrator
- Stéphane HeuetIllustrator
- Stéphane MallarméIllustrator
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Štefan Planinc?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.