Roža Piščanec Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/slovo-ilustratorke-roze-piscanec/147309 Obituary
  2. http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade The Levstik Award
  3. http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/kultura/75440 "V galeriji Sončnica ilustracije Rože Piščanec"