Ive Šubic

Ive Šubic (23 April 1922 – 29 December 1989) was a Yugoslav painter, printmaker, and illustrator.

Šubic was born in the village of Hotovlja near Poljane above Škofja Loka in 1922. He enrolled in the Zagreb Academy of Arts in 1940, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War. He joined the Partisans in 1941 and participated in the Battle of Dražgoše, the monument to which he later participated in designing. After the war he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana under Gojmir Anton Kos and Božidar Jakac. He graduated in 1948. He is known for his paintings, linocuts and other prints, illustrations, and murals. He died in Škofja Loka in 1989.

In 1968 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for the exhibition of his art at the Škofja Loka Museum. In 1979 he won the Grand Prešeren Award for his creative achievements. He also won the Levstik Award for his illustrations five times: in 1949, 1951, 1967 (with Jože Ciuha), 1969, and 1971.

The Ive Šubic Art Workshop, held every year in Škofja Loka since 1997, is named after him.

Selected illustrated works

Uporne Dražgoše (Dražgoše, the Village That Rebelled) by Ivo Zorman, 1978 Dolga pot (The Long Path) by Kristina Brenk, 1973 Kos rženega kruha (A Slice of Rye Bread) by Ferdo Godina, 1971 Mladost v džungli (Youth in the Jungle) by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, 1969 Tolminski punt (The Peasant Revolt in Tolmin) by France Bevk, 1968 Spomini na deda in druge zgodbe (Memories of Grandfather and Other Stories) by Josip Jurčič, 1967 Jugoslavija (Yugoslavia), by France Planina 1967 Smeh skozi solze (Laughter through Tears) by France Bevk, 1959 Kralj Matjaž reši svojo nevesto (King Matthias Saves His Bride) by Mile Klopčič, 1951 Nejček by Zoran Hudales, 1949