Marij Pregelj

Marij Pregelj
Born 8 August 1913
Kranj, Slovenia
Died 18 March 1967
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality Slovenian
Education Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb
Known for Painting and illustrating
Notable work Painting and illustration
Awards Levstik Award
1949 for Otroška leta
Levstik Award
1957 for Beli očnjak
Prešeren Award
1958 for a mosaic in Trbovlje
Levstik Award
1959 for Starec in morje
Prešeren Award
1964 for his exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
Jakopič Award
1969 for his achievements in painting

Marij Pregelj (8 August 1913 – 18 March 1967) was a Slovene painter, considered one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

Pregelj was born in Kranj in 1913 and was the son of the Slovene writer and playwright Ivan Pregelj. He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts between 1932 and 1936. He was known for his oil paintings, mostly landscapes, still life and portraits, but also for his illustrations, most notably the 1950 and 1951 edition of Anton Sovre's translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. He won the Levstik Award for his illustrations three times: in 1949 for his illustrations of France Bevk's collection of stories Otroška leta (My Childhood Years), in 1957 for Jack London's White Fang (Slovene title: Beli očnjak) and in 1959 for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (Slovene title: Starec in morje).[2]

He won the Prešeren Award twice, in 1958 for his mosaic at the Worker's Union building in Trbovlje and in 1964 for an exhibition of his paintings in the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana the previous year.[3] In 1969 he was also the first recipient of the Jakopič Award for painting.

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