France Rotar
France Rotar (born March 25, 1933 in Ljubljana , Slovenia , † April 22, 2001 ) was a Slovenian sculptor .
Career
Rotar studied sculpture at the Ljubljana Art Academy under Professor Zdenko Kalin and passed the final exam in 1959. He worked as a freelance artist and lived in Verona , Italy between 1981 and 1992 . He then took on an extraordinary professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALU) in Ljubljana in 1992 , which was converted into a full professorship in 1997. Rotar created sculptures in stone and bronze .
style
Rotar's preferred shape was the ball, often designed as a 'ripping ball'. In the sense of informal art , Rotar was guided by the idea of a restart of the visual arts without preconditions, free from an outdated formal language . In the German sister city of Ljubljana Wiesbaden in 1981 established work is life in the sculpture park at Warmer Damm .
Awards
- 1971: Prešeren Prize , named after the Slovenian poet France Prešeren , the highest national award for culture in the state of Slovenia
- 1980: Župančičeva Prize of the regional capital Ljubljana
- 1988: Jakopič Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rotar, France |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2001 |