Ivana Kobilca
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 prominentpainter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana. She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few. The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes. She was a controversial person, criticized for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.