Stojan Batič

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Stojan Batič
Born(1925-06-02)2 June 1925
Died17 September 2015(2015-09-17) (aged 90)
NationalitySlovenian
Known forSculpture
AwardsPrešeren Award

Stojan Batič (2 June

sculptor. Mostly a figurative artist, he is particularly known for his sculptures exhibited in many public places in Slovenia
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Life

Batič was born in a working-class family in

Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Ljubljana, where he studied sculpture under Boris Kalin and Frančišek Smerdu.[2] In 1957, he received a scholarship, which enabled him to study in Paris with the sculptor Ossip Zadkine
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Batič lived and worked in Ljubljana. In 1995, he had a show at Ljubljana City Gallery.[3] In 2015, the Jakopič Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of his work under the title "The Man and The Myth" (Človek in mit).

Work

Batič, predominantly a figurative sculptor, is known for about 40 public monuments depicting events from

peasant revolts at Ljubljana Castle featuring a group of men holding war scythes, and the Itaka series of figurative sculptures. His 1957 bronze sculpture Balet (Ballet) stands in front of Tivoli Castle in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana. In the 1960s, he created a mining-related series in lignite, and in the 1970s a series of glass sculptures, the two representing his most significant approach to abstract art
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Awards

In 1960, Batič received the Prešeren Award, the highest prize for artistic and cultural achievements in Slovenia.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2010-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "STA: Exhibition of Slovene Sculptor Stojan Batič in Ljubljana". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-12.

Bibliography

  • Stojan Batič. Izbor reproduciranih del in oblikovanje monografije: Zoran Kržišnik, Jože Brumen, Stojan Batič. Prevod v angleščino: Bojan P. Moll. Reprodukcije: Miro Zdovc.