Božidar Jakac
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Awards | AVNOJ Award 1967 Prešeren Award 1947 Prešeren Award 1948 Prešeren Award 1980 |
Božidar Jakac (July 16, 1899 – November 20, 1989) was a
Biography
Jakac was born in Novo Mesto, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. He started painting in 1910 or 1911, when he was attending the Novo Mesto grammar school, and more seriously, when he was attending the technical high school in Idrija, which he finished in 1917. As he lacked money to continue the studies, he had to set off to the Isonzo Front to fight for the monarchy. In 1918, after World War I ended, Ivan Vavpotič, his former professor, introduced him to the prominent Slovene Impressionist painter Rihard Jakopič, who exhibited Jakac's paintings and became his first true tutor.[citation needed]
From November 1919, Jakac studied painting and
In 1920, Jakac returned to Novo Mesto and became the bearer of
In September 1943, Jakac joined the
In 1949, Jakac became a full member of the
Jakac died in Ljubljana in 1989 and is buried in Novo Mesto.[citation needed]
Work
Jakac's first steps in the arts were literary and musical in nature, since he was not sure yet which branch of the arts he preferred. However, as he discovered the fine art he was hooked on it once and for all.[
After the departure to Prague he progressed rapidly in his artistic development and incorporated many of the elements of Cubism, Expressionism and Abstract art in his works. Although he liked to picture the landscape of the Czech lands, he preferred the poetic landscape of his home region Lower Carniola (Dolenjska), full of shades and veiled atmosphere.[citation needed] On his travels abroad in the 1930s, Jakac photographed and painted what he saw, giving his work an important documentary value. His art slowly transformed itself into lyrical realism.[citation needed]
After the war Jakac continued to paint
Jakac was an excellent portraitist who depicted a number of prominent Slovenes and Yugoslavs, friends and very often also himself. In 1940 he painted a portrait of the Slovenian poet France Prešeren, which became one of the emblematic rafigurations of the national poet.[citation needed]
Between 1949 and 1974, his portraits and other drawings were used in a series of Yugoslav
Today, many of the works of Jakac are permanently exhibited in
Awards and commemorations
Jakac received numerous local and foreign awards for his work. The most prestigious of them was the
Jakac was named the honorary academician of
References
- ISSN 0351-4447.
- ^ "БЕЛЕШКЕ". Naša književnost (2): 65. 1 February 1947.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Beja, Boris (18 June 2012). "Odkritje spomenika Božidarju Jakcu" [The Unveiling of the Monument to Božidar Jakac]. Planet Siol.net (in Slovenian).
Further reading
- "The permanent printmaking, pastel and oil collection of Bozidar Jakac". Bozidar Jakac Gallery. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- Jana Intihar Ferjan, Bojana Rogina (2004–2005). "Božidar Jakac". Towards Zero Gravity. Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- "Jakčev dom". Dolenjski muzej. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- Milček Komelj. "Art - Bozidar Jakac, painter (Novo Mesto and Self-Portrait)". 1999 Stamps. Post of Slovenia. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- "Božidar Jakac" (in Slovenian). Town Municipality of Novo Mesto. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
External links
- Media related to Božidar Jakac at Wikimedia Commons