About Tone Kralj
Lived 1900 – 1975 (aged 75). Tone Kralj was a Yugoslav painter, sculptor, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist and partisan.
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. 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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Who was Tone Kralj?
Yugoslavian painter, sculptor and illustrator (1900-1975)
When was Tone Kralj born?
Tone Kralj was born on 23 August 1900 in Zagorica.
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Tone Kralj died on 9 September 1975 in Ljubljana.
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Tone Kralj was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist and partisan.
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Tone Kralj was Yugoslav.
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