Slavko Pengov

Slavko Pengov
Pengov, c. 1945
Born
Vladislav Pengov

(1908-06-24)24 June 1908
Died6 January 1966(1966-01-06) (aged 57)
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Known forpainting
Notable workPainting, murals and illustration
AwardsLevstik Award
1951 for Pod svobodnim soncem
Prešeren Award
1959 for his frescos in the National Assembly Building

Slavko Pengov (24 June 1908 – 6 January 1966) was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana and the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bled.[1]

Pengov was born in Ljubljana in 1908 and baptized Vladislav Pengov.[2] He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1945 he taught at the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana.

He also illustrated a number of books and won the Levstik Award in 1951 for his illustrations of Fran Saleški Finžgar's book Pod svobodnim soncem (Under A Free Sun).[3]

He taught painting to Aleksa Ivanc Olivieri.

In 1959 he received the Prešeren Award for his murals on the history of Slovenes in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana.[4]

References

  1. ^ Slavko Pengov on the Prešeren Laureate Gallery Kranj site Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Rojstna in krstna knjiga. Ljubljana - Sv. Peter. 1907–1911. p. 74. Retrieved March 3, 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients