Ivana Kobilca | |
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 Self-portrait in White, around 1910 | |
| Born | Ivana Kobilca December 20, 1861 |
| Died | December 4, 1926 (aged 64) Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Nationality | Slovene |
| Education | School of Arts and Crafts, Munich study with the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, photography |
| Notable work | Dutch 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) |
| Movement | Realism |
| Elected | Société 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ivana Kobilca". Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 2003.