Bernik Janez

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Slovenian painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and poet. He graduated from the BERNIK JANEZ

Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, in 1955 and later received his MFA in painting and engraving. He continued his studies in 1959 with Johnny Friedlaender in Paris. After 1970 he taught painting at the Ljubljana Academy. He was one of the most outstanding Yugoslav artists after the early 1960s and won several major international awards, including the Grand Prix of the Tokyo, Ljubljana and Sao Paulo biennales of graphic art. Bernik died in 2016.