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Exhibition | 4 Oct. 2023 – 14 Jan. 2024

Ivan Zajec (1869–1952)

he sculptural oeuvre of the early modernist sculptor Ivan Zajec (1869−1952), the author of the Prešeren Monument in the centre of Ljubljana, has not been thoroughly studied before. The exhibition will present works in bronze, plaster and clay that the sculptor conceived in the centres where he sojourned and worked: Ljubljana, Vienna and Munich, Paris, New York, Trieste, Dubrovnik, London, Rome, during his wartime internment in Sardinia, and his final settlement in his native Ljubljana. Archival biographical extracts, information about Ivan Zajec's schooling, his later pedagogical work, and the long-standing collaboration between the Toman and Zajec families will be presented. Other information gathered will answer questions about Zajec's financial situation, the support of his wealthy relative Josipina Hočevar, his extensive oeuvre, commissions, production for the free market, and his independent status in comparison with other contemporary Slovenian sculptors. The exhibition will present Zajec's free-standing sculpture and his monumental, architectural, church and tomb sculpture.

4 October 2023 14 January 2024
National Gallery of Slovenia
Prešernova 24
1000 Ljubljana