Ženski akt, a bronze sculpture by artist Zdenko Kalin on a square outside the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana.
"Zdenko Kalin, Slovenian sculptor , * 11th april 1911 , Solkan , Nova Gorica , † 11th november 1990 , Ljubljana .
He was born in Solkan near Nova Gorica. Together with their parents and numerous brothers are from the surrounding area Gorizia moved to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. When choosing a profession he followed older brother Boris . At the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb , he studied sculpture under Professor Franjo Kršinicu and Robert Frangeš-Mihanovicu . He completed his studies in 1934, having Doretu Klemencic, Zoran and the Zoran Didek Mušicu. Joining the group is independent and regularly exhibited with them in Slovenia and abroad. He became famous as the author of an excellent monumental plastic, portraitist and author of small bronze statues. Preseren Prize he received in 1959 for the plastic on the front of the building of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and 1982 for lifetime achievement in the field of artistic creation. He is the author of one of the most famous Slovenian statues, RTV boy with flute or shepherd. He was a popular professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Until his death he worked in a studio in the Rosental valley. Zdenko Kalin was a master of portraits, many statues Children's games and monumental plastics. His statue wife with a hat are used to Župancic prize for the winners.
Zdenko Kalin was the younger brother of the sculptor Boris Kalin . His daughter was Spela Kalin Maechtig.
Works
In Ljubljana in public areas and set his next work:
Monument Simon Gregorcic , 1937; Market French Revolution [1]
dr. Edo Šlajmer, 1939 bust, Šlajmerjev park in Ljubljana, stolen
Or shepherd boy with flute, 1942; Tivoli , Kolodvorska Street 2-4
Female act 1943/44;
Monument dedicated to Urh, 1955; co-author Karel Putrih architect Boris Kobe
Symbolic figures on the portal , 1959 Parliament, Šubiceva Street
Boris Kidric , 1960; Prešernova cesta
Pioneer, 1962 Tivoli
Kids Games - Fontana, 1965, Zale
Pillar of Hostages, 1965, Zale
Portraits colleagues, professors ALU
In Trbovlje :
gantry sculpture in front of the municipal building,
Statue of mothers with children in front of the hospital (1949). "
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