Andrej Trobentar Explained

Andrej Trobentar
Birth Date:1951 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Šent Jurij, Slovenia
Nationality:Slovenian
Field:painting and illustrating
Training:Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Works:Painting and illustration

Andrej Trobentar (born 22 November 1951) is a Slovene painter, illustrator and musician.[1]

Trobentar was born in Šent Jurij near Grosuplje in central Slovenia in 1951. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1976 and specialized in painting under Jože Ciuha. He works as a painter, art teacher and illustrator. He was also the vocalist for the rock/funk band Na Lepem Prijazni (NLP) in the late 1970s and 1980s, and since the band reunion in 2005.

He won the Levstik Award in 1986 for his illustrations in the books Waitapu and Pavji rep in druge kitajske basni (Waitapu and The Peacock's Tail and Other Chinese Fables).[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.artita.com/en/andrej-trobentar/ Artita Piran, International Artists' Workshop
  2. Web site: The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site . 12 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130359/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade . 17 March 2012 . dead .