Veno Pilon
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Veno Pilon (22 September 1896 – 23 September 1970) was a Slovene expressionist painter, graphic artist and photographer.[1] He was born and died in Ajdovščina.[2]
Biography
[edit]Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). After he had finished the Gorizia Grammar School, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He fought on the Eastern front and was captured by the Russian army. He later described his experience as a prisoner of war in the autobiography Na robu ("On the Edge"). He returned to Ajdovščina in 1919, where he took up painting and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.[2]
In the late 1920s Pilon moved to Paris, where he explored photography[3] and translating Slovene literature into French.[4]
After a donation by his son, Dominique, his work in on permanent display at the Pilon Gallery in Ajdovščina.[2]
Notable works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "STA: Retrospective of Veno Pilon Opens at Museum of Modern Art". english.sta.si. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Veno Pilon". museums.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Kako se je Veno Pilon "z vso vnemo oprijel fotografije" in ji ostal zvest do zadnjega dne". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Veno Pilon". Vipava Valley | Official tourist web portal. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
External links
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Media related to Veno Pilon at Wikimedia Commons
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