Stojan Batič

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Stojan Batič (born February 2, 1925 in Trbovlje , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ; † September 17, 2015 in Ljubljana ) was a Yugoslav and Slovenian sculptor .

life and work

As a child from a working-class family, Stojan Batič had to work in a coal mine as a teenager. At the age of 19 he became a member of the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army , which fought against the occupation of Yugoslavia by the Wehrmacht .

After the end of the Second World War , he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Ljubljana , where he studied sculpture under the supervision of Professor Boris Kalin and Frančišek Smerdu . In 1957 he finished his studies in Ljubljana and studied in Paris with the sculptor Ossip Zadkine .

Batič became known for sculptures that record the history of Slovenia as well as European and Oriental myths. His best known works are the Peaceful Revolution of Slovenia at Ljubljana Castle and the Itaka series of figures . In 1995 he exhibited in the Mestna Galerija (City Gallery) in Ljubljana. He lived and worked in Ljubljana.

Awards

In 1960, Batič received the Prešeren Grand Prize , the highest award for artistic and cultural achievements in Slovenia.

Gallery of works (selection)

  • Two statues for the partisan memorial 'Cankarjev bataljon' (1976) Location: Dražgoše , Slovenia

  • Orpheus (1969) Location: Schin op Geul , Netherlands

monograph

  • Stojan Batič. Izbor reproduciranih del in oblikovanje monografije: Zoran Kržišnik, Jože Brumen, Stojan Batič . Edited by Miro Zdovc. Translated from English by Bojan P. Moll.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ V spomin - Stojan Batič. Obituary on dd-trbovlje.si, September 18, 2015 (Slovenian). Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Legendary Sculptor Batič Dies Aged 90
  3. ↑ Stojan Batič on webarhiv.cd-cc.si . Retrieved July 20, 2010
  4. ↑ Reference to the exhibition by Stojan Batič in 1995 ( memento of the original from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 20, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sta.si
personal data
SURNAME Batič, Stojan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav and Slovenian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Trbovlje , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 2015
Place of death Ljubljana