Janez Lenassi
b. 3 July 1927 in Opatija, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (YU); d. 26 January 2008 in Piran (SLO); Slovene sculpto
1947-1951 | Studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under Professor Peter Loboda |
1953-1955 | Teaching post at an intermediate school in Radovljica. Continued to train his artistic skills under Professor Boris Kalin |
1957-1959 | Teacher at an elementary school in Ljubljana |
1966 | Awarded the Prešeren Prize |
1981 | Awarded the Jakopič visual arts prize |
1982 | Appointed a professor, but never took up a corresponding position |
1980-1990 | International Kornari Summer Academy for Sculpture in Marušiči |
1985-1989 | President of the Union of Artists in Yugoslavia |
1986-1996 | Member of the committee of the Salzburg International Summer Academy |
1987-1989 | President of the Union of Slovene Artists |
Symposia:
1959 | President of the Union of Slovene Artists |
1961 | With the sculptor Jakob Savinšek, he organized the first international sculpture symposium in Slovenia in Kostanjevica na Krki and the sculpture symposium Forma Viva on the Seča peninsula near Portorož |
1966 | Second participation in the St. Margarethen sculpture symposium |
1972-1976 | Part of the team working on the art project started by Karl Prantl for Stephansplatz in Vienna which was shelved following objections from certain Viennese authorities |
2007 | The Forma Viva sculpture symposium is dedicated to him to mark his 80th birthday |