Ivana Kobilca

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Ivana Kobilca
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
NationalitySlovene
EducationSchool of Arts and Crafts, Munich
study with the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt
Known forPainting, drawing, photography
Notable workDutch 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)
MovementRealism
ElectedSociété Nationale des Beaux-Arts

Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent

genre works, allegories, and religious scenes.[4] She was a controversial person, criticized for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.[2]

Biography

First solo exhibition of Ivana Kobilca in Ljubljana in 1889

Ivana Kobilca was born in

Société Nationale des Beaux Arts.[1] In 1892, she also painted in Barbizon. In 1893, she returned to Ljubljana, visited Florence in 1894, and lived in Sarajevo from 1897 to 1905. From 1906 to 1914, she lived in Berlin, and then returned to Ljubljana. At the time of her death in 1926 in Ljubljana, she was described as the greatest Yugoslav female painter.[2]

Works and meanings

Summer, 1889

Judging by her social origin, way of living, ideals and work, she was an urban artist. She is one of Slovene

floral still life. Her early work reflects characteristics of München studio-work. Her focus was on value, chiaroscuro
and draftsmanship; only her pastels were light and rosy. From 1889 onwards her painting became lighter with blue nuances, typical for Parisian art at the time.

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

Parisienne With Letter, 1892-3

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

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ISBN 978-961-268-001-5. Archived from the original
    on July 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Ivana Kobilca". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 2003.
  5. ^ a b c Menaše, Ljerka; Menaše, Luc (1979). "Ivana Kobilca". Fine Arts and Slovenians. Ljubljana: National Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Famous Slovenians". Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "5000 SIT". Banka Slovenije [Bank of Slovenia]. 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

External links

Media related to Ivana Kobilca at Wikimedia Commons