Slavko Pengov was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana and the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bled.
Education
University of Vienna.
Career
Pengov was born in Ljubljana in 1908. He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1945 he taught at the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana.
Achievements
He also illustrated a number of books and won the Levstik Award in 1951 for his illustrations of Fran Saleški Finžgar"s book Pod svobodnim soncem (Under A Free Sun). In 1959 he received the Prešeren Award for his murals on the history of Slovenes in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana.
The Levstik Award is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature.; The Prešeren Award, also called the Grand Prešeren Award, is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia.
The Levstik Award is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature.; The Prešeren Award, also called the Grand Prešeren Award, is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia.