Cita Potokar Explained

Cita Potokar
Birth Date:	November 28, 1915^[1]
Death Date:	^[2]
Death Place:	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality:	Slovenian
Field:	painting, illustrating
Training:	Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade
Works:	Painting and illustration

Cita Potokar (28 November 1915 – 28 November 1993) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books. Many of her best known works draw from her experience as an internee during the Second World War as a result of her activities in the Slovene Liberation Front.^[3]

She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations of Branka Jurca's book Lizike za vse (Lollipops for All).^[4]

Selected illustrated works

• Kaj nam je popisal Jakec (What Little Jack Told Us), written by Jože Šmit, 1953
• Vesela abeceda (Happy Alphabet), written by Vera Albreht, 1955
• Bratec in sestrica (Brother and sister), written by Branka Jurca, 1956
• Okoli in okoli (Round and Round), written by Branka Jurca, 1960
• Veliki in mali ljudje (Large and Small People), written by Zofka Kveder, 1960
• Lizike za vse (Lollipops for All), written by Branka Jurca, 1965
• Sto belokranjskih (A Hundred from White Carniola), written by Lojze Zupanc, 1965
• Marjanka Vseznalka (Marjanka Knowitall), written by Branka Jurca, 1966

Notes and References

1. http://www.rtvslo.si/radioprvi/novica/688 Na današnji dan 28. november 2009
2. http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=43209 Umrla slikarka Cita Potokar
3. http://www.muzej-nz.si/slo/likovna_zbirka_slike.html Slovene National Museum of Contemporary History site
4. Web site: The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site . 2012-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130359/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade . 2012-03-17 . dead .