Roža Piščanec | |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1923 |
Birth Place: | Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju, Slovenia |
Death Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Nationality: | Slovenian |
Field: | painting, illustrating |
Training: | Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana |
Works: | Painting and illustration |
Roža Piščanec (7 July 1923 - 29 September 2006) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books and magazines.[1]
She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations twice, in 1954 for her illustrations for Heidi and in 1961 for František Hrubín's Medenjakova hišica (Medenjak's House).[2] Probably her best known illustrated work is the story Kdo je napravil Vidku srajčico (Who Made Little Vid a Shirt) by Fran Levstik, first published in 1955.[3]