Janez Lenassi
Janez Lenassi (born July 3, 1927 in Opatija , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ; † January 26, 2008 in Piran , Slovenia ) was a Yugoslav or Slovenian sculptor .
life and work
Janez Lenassi studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana with Peter Loboda from 1947 to 1951. From 1953 to 1955 he taught at a secondary school in Radovljica and he further developed his artistic skills with Boris Kalin. From 1957 to 1959 he taught at the primary school in Ljubljana . In 1959 he took part in the first sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen . In 1966 he participated again in this sculpture symposium and between 1972 and 1976 he worked on the art project initiated by Karl Prantl on Stephansplatz , which could not take place in Vienna due to objections by certain authorities. With the sculptor Jakob Savinšek he organized the first international sculpture symposium in Slovenia in Kostanjevica na Krki and on the Seča peninsula near Portorož , the Forma Viva sculpture symposium . In 1966 he was awarded the Prešeren Prize and in 1981 the Jakopič Prize for Fine Arts. In 1982 he was appointed professor; but he never accepted the call. He passed on his knowledge to the students of the Kornari International Summer Academy for Sculpture in Marušiči from 1980 to 1990 and from 1985 to 1989 he was President of the United Society of Artists of Yugoslavia . From 1986 to 1996 he was a member of the committee of the International Summer Academy in Salzburg and from 1987 to 1989 President of the United Society of Slovenian Artists.
literature
- Waterline. Exhibition for the international symposium for stone sculptors in the Wannsee lido in Berlin with sculptures, drawings and photographs of the participants. Claudia Ammann, Makoto Fujiwara, Isolde Haug, Janez Lenassi, Peter Paszkiewicz, Michael Schoenholtz. [11.6. - 7.8.1988], Haus am Waldsee. Organization: International symposium for stone sculptors in the Wannsee lido, Haus am Waldsee; West, Berlin 1988
- Louis Niebuhr : European sculpture symposium. Shapes for Europe - stone shapes: Miguel Ausili , Italy (Tuscany); Ioanna Filippidu , Greece (Thrace); Janez Lenassi, Yugoslavia (Slovenia); Jiri Seifert , Czechoslovakia (Prague); Werner Stötzer , Germany (Brandenburg); Louis Niebuhr, Germany (Lower Saxony). August 25, 1991 to October 6, 1991; Syke , La Chartre Street. (Catalog; Ed .: Stadt Syke), Syke 1991, 36 p. M. 26 fig.
Works (selection)
- Abstract Composition (1959) in the Donaupark (Vienna)
- Monument on the Freedom Mountain (1965), Ilirska Bistrica
- Stein 7174 (1988) in the Damnatz sculpture garden
- Sculpture in the park of the St. Virgil Education Center in Salzburg
Participation in sculpture symposia
He participated in numerous sculpture symposiums and was an advocate for these events.
- First international sculpture symposium in the Federal Republic of Germany: Sculpture symposium Kaisersteinbruch in Gaubüttelbrunn in 1961 in Lower Franconia
- International sculptor symposium Forma Viva in Kostanjevica 1962, 1985, 1991 and 1995
- Symposium of European Sculptors in St. Margarethen 1959, 1966 and 1972
- International sculpture symposium Forma Viva Portorož in 1961
- International Sculptor Symposium at Sankt Johanner Markt, Saarbrücken, 1978
- International stone sculptor symposium Kaiserslautern in 1987
- International sculpture symposium Shapes for Europe - shapes made of stone in Syke ( Lower Saxony ) 1991
Web links
- Janez Lenassi's website
- Forma viva Portorož 2007. International Symposium of Sculpture
- Link to Janez Lenassi 1927-2007
Individual evidence
- ^ Forma viva Portorož 2007. International Symposium of Sculpture. Retrieved July 19, 2010 (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lenassi, Janez |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav and Slovenian sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Opatija , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2008 |
Place of death | Piran |