Franc Berneker (October 4, 1874 – May 16, 1932)[1] was a 19th- and early-20th-century Slovene tomb sculptor, who had a strong impact on Slovenj Gradec[2] gaining recognition for his work in bronze, marble and monuments.[3] His art focus went from realism[4] to modernism[5] to psychology, drama and an exploration of the relationship between worked and unworked, smooth and rough.[6] He studied with Edmund von Hellmer at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts[7] and Ivan Zajec on monuments of national heroes[8][9] His art work is displayed at the Resau Art Nouveau Network.[10]

Franc Berneker (1910)

List of sculptures

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A girl (1910)

Below is a list of some of Berneker's sculptures:

  1. A Girl
  2. Gradišče, Slovenj Gradec[11]
  3. The Drowned Couple
  4. Oton Župančič
  5. Drama
  6. Victims
  7. Zdenka Vidic and Mira Ban
  8. Female Head
  9. Wrestlers
  10. Monument commemorating Trubar[12]
  11. Model for Turner's Tomb
  12. Model for a Monument for Adamič and Lunder.[13]

Exhibitions

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Berneker's work has been shown around the world in museums including:

  1. Belgrade (1912)
  2. Bled (1911)
  3. Celje (1940)[14]
  4. Ljubljana (1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1938, 1940)[15]
  5. London (1906)
  6. Slovenj Gradec (1984, 2001)
  7. Trieste (1907)[16]
  8. Vienna (1904, 2003).[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Cherie's Place » Banka Slovenije". Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "zlatartisnikar". www2.arnes.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fran Berneker". www2.arnes.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Slovene Impressionists and their Time 1890–1920, guide to the exhibition. Narodna galerija. 2012. ISBN 978-961-6743-32-7.
  5. ^ "Berneker, Franc (1874–1932) - Slovenska biografija". www.slovenska-biografija.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "National Gallery of Slovenia". www.ng-slo.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  7. ^ ""Moči pešajo, ker upa skoro ni več, ta umetnost, kaj je umetnost?" – Beda in trpljenje kiparja Franca Bernekerja | Revija Studia Historica Slovenica". shs.zgodovinsko-drustvo-kovacic.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  8. ^ Kahn, Robert (1984). Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526–1918 (A History of East Central Europe (HECE)). USA: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295960951.
  9. ^ Kann, Robert A.; David, Zdenek (May 1, 2017). Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80683-9.
  10. ^ "Ljubljana - Réseau Art Nouveau Network". artnouveau-net.eu. August 26, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "National Gallery of Slovenia". www.ng-slo.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  12. ^ Globočnik, Damijan (December 8, 2020). "Trubarjev spomenik v Ljubljani" [Trubar's monument in Ljubljana]. Zgodovinski časopis (in Slovenian). 74 (3–4): 388–424.
  13. ^ "National Gallery of Slovenia". www.ng-slo.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS". Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  15. ^ Slovene Impressionists and their Time 1890–1920, guide to the exhibition. Narodna galerija. 2012. ISBN 978-961-6743-32-7.
  16. ^ "National Gallery of Slovenia". www.ng-slo.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  17. ^ "Berneker Franc". www.rav.sik.si. Retrieved April 29, 2021.