Ivana Kobilca
Slovenian artist (1861–1926)
Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) was a Slovene painter, and is considered the most prominent painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana. She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few. The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes. She was a controversial person, criticized for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.
Biography
Ivana Kobilca was born in Ljubljana as a daughter in a well-off family of umbrella makers Marija Škofič and Jakob Kobilica. Her niece was artist and art collector Mira Pintar. Her parents placed great emphasis on education. At first, she learned how to draw, but also French and Italian, in the Ursuline High School in her home town, where her teacher of drawing was Ida Künl. When she was 16, she went with her father to Vienna, where she saw the paintings of old masters that inspired her.
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