Ivana Kobilca

Ivana Kobilca
Self-portrait in White, around 1910
Born
Ivana Kobilca

(1861-12-20)December 20, 1861
DiedDecember 4, 1926(1926-12-04) (aged 64)
NationalitySlovene
EducationSchool of Arts and Crafts, Munich
study with the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt
Known forPainting, drawing, photography
Notable workDutch Girl (1886)
Zitherist (around 1887)
Coffeemadam (1888)
Portrait of Sister Fani (1889)
Summer (1889-90)
Women Ironers (1891)
Children in Grass (1892)
Parisian Woman Selling Vegetables (1892)
Self-Portrait (1894-95)
Self-Portrait with a Palette (1914)
MovementRealism
ElectedSociété Nationale des Beaux-Arts

Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) was a Slovene painter, and is considered the most prominent[1] female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity.[2] She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana.[1] She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few.[3] The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes.[4] She was a controversial person, criticized for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.[2]

  1. ^ a b Šelih, Alenka; Antić Gaber, Milica; Puhar, Alenka; Rener, Tanja; Šuklje, Rapa; Verginella, Marta (2007). "Ivana Kobilca (1861–1926): Najslavnejša slovenska slikarka" [Ivana Kobilca(1861–1926): The Most Famous Slovene Woman Painter]. Pozabljena polovica: portreti žensk 19. in 20. stoletja na Slovenskem [Forgotten Half: The Portraits of Women of the 19th and 20th Century in the Slovene Lands] (in Slovenian). Založba Tuma [Tuma Publishing House], Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. pp. 75–78. ISBN 978-961-6682-01-5.
  2. ^ a b Tanja, Mastnak (2004). "Ivana Kobilca in možnosti likovnega izobraževanja za ženske v 19. stoletju" [Ivana Kobilca and the Possibilities of Visual Arts Education for Women in the 19th Century]. Časopis Za Kritiko Znanosti (in Slovenian). 32 (215/216). Študentska založba.
  3. ^ Mesesnel, France (2009). "Kobilca Ivana". In Vide Ogrin, Petra (ed.). Slovenski biografski leksikon (in Slovenian). ISBN 978-961-268-001-5. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Ivana Kobilca". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 2003.