Maksim Sedej
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| Notable work | Painting and illustration |
| Awards | Levstik Award 1953 for Tisoč in ena noč Levstik Award 1954 for Racko in Lija Levstik Award 1956 for Potovanje v tisočera mesta and Pastirček Prešeren Award 1967 for his paintings exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana |
Maksim Sedej (26 May 1909 – 13 May 1974) was a Slovene painter, one of the key figures of the mid-20th-century art scene in Slovenia.[1]
Sedej was born in
Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design
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He received the
Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art in 1966.[3]
He won the Levstik Award for his book illustrations three times: in 1953 for his illustrations for a 1953 edition of One Thousand and One Nights, in 1954 for his illustrations for Bogomir Magajna's collection of stories Racko in Lija (Racko and Lija) and in 1956 for Potovanje v tisočera mesta (Travels to Myriad Towns) by Vitomil Zupan and the traditional Istrian tale Pastirček (The Little Shepherd Boy).[4]
References
- ^ Maksim Sedej on the Fine Arts and Slovenians site. .arnes.si. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
- ^ Maksim Sedej on the Slovene Biographical Lexicon site. Nl.ijs.si. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients [dead link]
- ^ The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Archived 26 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Mladinska.com. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Maksim Sedej at Wikimedia Commons
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