Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca | |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
Nationality | Slovene |
Education | School of Arts and Crafts, Munich study with the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt |
Known for | Painting, drawing, photography |
Notable work | Dutch Girl (1886) Zitherist (around 1887) Coffeemadam (1888) Portrait of Sister Fani (1889) Summer (1889-90) Women Ironers (1891) Children in Grass (1892) Parisian Woman Selling Vegetables (1892) Self-Portrait (1894-95) Self-Portrait with a Palette (1914) |
Movement | Realism |
Elected | Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts |
Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent
Biography
Ivana Kobilca was born in
Works and meanings
Judging by her social origin, way of living, ideals and work, she was an urban artist. She is one of Slovene
In the late 1880s many artists were influenced by the Impressionist movement that began in France with Monet, Morisot, Renoir and others. Ivana Kobilca, however stayed true to her academic artistic roots; with strong focus on study of value, draftsmanship and realism in oil painting.
Kobilca's best known paintings are Kofetarica (Coffee Drinker), 1888; Citrarica (Zitherist), Likarice (Women Ironers), 1891; Holandsko dekle (Dutch Girl), Portret sestre Fani (Portrait of Sister Fani), 1889; and Poletje (Summer), 1889. Her work is on display at all major European galleries.[6]
Commemoration
After Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, Kobilca was portrayed by Rudi Španzel on the 5000 Slovenian tolar banknote.[7] It was in circulation from December 1993 until the introduction of euro in January 2007.[7][8]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-961-6682-01-5.
- ^ a b c Tanja, Mastnak (2004). "Ivana Kobilca in možnosti likovnega izobraževanja za ženske v 19. stoletju" [Ivana Kobilca and the Possibilities of Visual Arts Education for Women in the 19th Century]. Časopis Za Kritiko Znanosti (in Slovenian). 32 (215/216). Študentska založba.
- ISBN 978-961-268-001-5. Archived from the originalon July 18, 2012.
- ^ "Ivana Kobilca". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 2003.
- ^ a b c Menaše, Ljerka; Menaše, Luc (1979). "Ivana Kobilca". Fine Arts and Slovenians. Ljubljana: National Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Famous Slovenians". Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ a b Šiška, Marko (January 2012). "Twenty Years of National Currency". Www.ukom.gov.si. Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.
- ^ "5000 SIT". Banka Slovenije [Bank of Slovenia]. 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
External links
Media related to Ivana Kobilca at Wikimedia Commons
- Ivana Kobilca at National Gallery in Ljubljana (in Slovene)