Zoran Mušič
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Zoran Mušič in the 1960s
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| Born |
12 February 1909 Bukovica, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia) |
| Died | 25 May 2005 (aged 96) Venice, Italy |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb |
| Known for | painting, drawing, printmaking |
| Notable work | Konjički, Nismo poslednji, Cathedrals, Self-portraits |
| Movement | Neodvisni, Ecole de Paris |
| Spouse(s) | Ida Cadorin Ida Barbarigo |
| Awards | Grand Prize Venice Biennale (1956) Prešeren Award (1991) |
Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Mušič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker and draughtsman from the area of the Kras Plateau near the Adriatic Sea. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of Italy and France, particularly Paris, where he lived for the larger part of his later life. He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, but also scenes of horror from the Dachau concentration camp and the vedutes of Venice.
Zoran Mušič was born in a Slovene-speaking family in Bukovica, a village in the Vipava Valley near Gorizia, in what was then the Austrian County of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). Mušič's father Anton was headmaster of the local school, while his mother Marija (born Blažič) was a teacher there. Both parents were Slovenes from the Goriška region: his father was from the village of Šmartno in the Brda hills, while his mother was born in a small village Kostanjevica near Lig Kanal ob Soči.
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