Stojan BatiÄ
Stojan Batič ( born February 2, 1925 in Trbovlje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ) is a Slovenian sculptor.
Life and work
Stojan Batič was the child of a working class family, who had been working as a teenager in a coal mine. 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 World War II, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, 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 with sculptor Ossip Zadkine in Paris.
Batič is known for his sculptures, and can record the history of Slovenia and European and Oriental myths. His most famous works are the Peaceful Revolution Slovenia's Ljubljana Castle and the figure number Ítaka. In 1995 he exhibited at the Mestna Galerija (City Gallery ) from Ljubljana. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
Awards
In 1960 Batič received the Grand Prešeren Award, the highest award for artistic and cultural achievements in Slovenia.
Monograph
- Stojan Batič. Izbor reproduciranih del in oblikovanje monografije: Zoran Krzisnik, Jože Brumen, Stojan Batič. Edited by Miro Zdovc. Translated from the English by Bojan P. minor.
Pictures of Stojan BatiÄ
