Ive Šubic

Ive Šubic (1922-1989), painter, graphic artist, illustrator, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1948 (with Prof. Anton Gojmir Kos and Božidar Jakac). In 1950, he completed a special course with prof. Gabrijelo Stupica. Šubic started his artistic journey in high school, as he attended the sculpture department of the Technical High School in Ljubljana, where he was taught by the sculptor France Kralj. He then enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1940, but his studies were interrupted by World War II. In 1941, he joined the partisans, where he was also active in the arts. His most important works were created in the partisans and are classified as propaganda graphics. Ive Šubic is the most important Slovenian author of works on the NOB theme. Otherwise, motifs from peasant life also have a prominent place in his painting. In addition to landscapes, he also depicted figure motifs. His works were created in the technique of oil, tempera, drawing, graphics, fresco, sgraffito and mosaic. He was also engaged in monumental painting. He decorated the hall of the Palace of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana (today's Parliament) with a mosaic. His early works are colored by realism, while in later periods he devoted himself more to expressionism, cubism and finally primitivism. In 1968, he received an award from the Prešeren Foundation for his paintings exhibited in the gallery of the Škofjelo Museum (1967). In 1979, he also received the Prešeren Award for his artistic creations.

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