Tone Kralj
Tone Kralj (23 August 1900 – 9 September 1975) was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations. Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague between 1920 and 1923 and then in Vienna, Paris, and Venice.
Also recorded as Ivan Kralj · Anton Kralj
Tone Kralj
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- Name
- Tone Kralj
- Born
- 23 August 1900
- Birthplace
- Zagorica, Slovenia
- Died
- 9 September 1975
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Field
- painting, sculpture
- Training
- Prague, Vienna
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · printmaker · illustrator · graphic artist · partisan
- Fields
- painting · graphics · art of sculpture
- Honours
- Prešeren Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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Tone Kralj (23 August 1900 – 9 September 1975) was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations. Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague between 1920 and 1923 and then in Vienna, Paris, and Venice.
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Some of his best-known works are the wall paintings in various churches. His 1954 illustrations for Fran Levstik's Martin Krpan are also some of the most iconic images for the story. He won the Levstik Award in 1950 for his illustrations for Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu (The Story of Prince Jeruslan). He died in Ljubljana in 1975. In 1972 he received the Prešeren Award for his life's work.
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• Name — Tone Kralj • Born — 23 August 1900 • Birthplace — Zagorica, Slovenia • Died — 9 September 1975 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — painting, sculpture • Training — Prague, Vienna • Works — Painting, murals, sculpture and illustration
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1900
Tone Kralj was born in 1900 at Zagorica.
1970
Tone Kralj, 70 is dated 1970.
1975
Tone Kralj died in 1975 at Ljubljana.
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Tone Kralj was born at Zagorica.
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Tone Kralj died at Ljubljana.
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- 1.Tosja Kozina: Kralj, Tone (1990 bis 1975). Slovenska biografija. Slowenische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Wissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum SAZU, 2013. slovenski-biografski-leksikon, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2022
- 2.Francè Stelè,: Kralj, France (1895–1960). Slovenska biografija. Slowenische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Wissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum SAZU, 2013. slovenski-biografski-leksikon, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2022
- 3.Egon Pelikan: Tone Kralj und seine Kirchenfresken als Subversion des Faschismus. Hermagoras 2022. ISBN 3-7086-1249-3
- 4.Slowenisches Ministerium für Kultu'r: Liste der Preisträger, Großer Prešeren-Preis (docx, slowenisch; abgerufen am 24. Juni 2022).
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