Ivan Seljak - Čopič
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Born | (1927-12-07)December 7, 1927 |
Died | 1990 |
Nationality | Slovenian |
Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana |
Known for | painting, illustrating |
Notable work | Painting and illustration |
Awards | Levstik Award 1955 for Knjiga o Titu and Posadka brez ladje Levstik Award 1963 for Aska in volk Prešeren Foundation Award 1975 for his painting exhibitions Levstik Award 1976 for Afriške pripovedke and Robinson Crusoe |
Ivan Seljak, nom de guerre Čopič (7 December 1927 – 1990) was a Slovene painter and illustrator.[1]
Seljak was born in Idrija in 1927. During the Second World War he joined the Slovene Partisans as a young military courier, where he met Božidar Jakac and other artists who encouraged his artistic talent. After the war he studied at the Academy of Fine ArtsinLjubljana, from which he graduated in 1951. His main medium was painting, but he also illustrated numerous children's books. He won the Levstik Award for his illustrations three times: in 1955, 1963, and 1976.[2] He also won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1975 for the exhibitions of his paintings.[3] He died in 1990.
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