Božidar Jakac Artist

Božidar Jakac (July 16, 1899 – November 12, 1989) was a Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and oil paintings (landscapes, vedutas and portraits), drawings and, above all, graphics in Slovenia. He was also one of the key organizers in the establishment of the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and the International Biennal of Graphic Art in Ljubljana.

Personal facts

Božidar Jakac
Birth dateJuly 16, 1899
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Duchy of Carniola , Novo Mesto
Nationality
Slovenia
Date of deathNovember 12, 1989
Place of death
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Ljubljana , Socialist Republic of Slovenia

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Artist

Field of work
Documentary film
Graphic design
Illustration
Painting
Influenced by
Rihard Jakopič
Movement
Expressionism
Symbolism (arts)
Poetic realism
training at
Academy of Fine Arts Prague

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Božidar Jakac on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20080317133407/http:/www.galerija-bj.si/ajakac.htm
  2. http://www.dolmuzej.com/en/muzej/jakac
  3. http://www.galerija-bj.si/ajakac.htm
  4. http://www.novomesto.si/si/novomesto/obcina/osebnosti/jakac
  5. http://www.posta.si/Namizje.aspx?tabid=394&artikelid=6933
  6. http://zerogravity.mg-lj.si/eng/svetloba/jakacbio.htm