Zvest Apollonio was a Slovenia

Slovenia

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n painter

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 and scenographer

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Biography

Apollonio was born of an Italian

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 father and a Slovenian mother and grew up bilingually. He entered the Ljubljana

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 Academy of Fine Arts

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana

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 in 1960 where he studied under Gabrijel Stupica. He was a professor at the graphic arts department at the Academy from 1973 to 1989. He is considered one of the most important Slovenian artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and was a recipient in 1984 of the Jakopič Award

Rihard Jakopic

Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

, the highest award for the arts in Slovenia. In 2003 he received the Istrian Arts Award "for special achievements in shaping, researching and preserving the cultural identity of Istria."