Jožef Petkovšek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jožef Petkovšek

Slovene painter

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1861

Place of Birth: Verd, Osrednjeslovenska Statistical Region, Slovenia

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1898

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jožef Petkovšek

  • Jožef Petkovšek (7 March 1861 – 22 April 1898) was an important Slovenian painter who brought existenstialist and dark modernist themes to the Slovenian art scene.
  • Despite a short and turbulent life, his work influenced the preeminent Slovenian novelist Ivan Cankar, was promoted by Rihard Jakopic, the famous impressionist painter and founder of the nation’s National Gallery, and led Slovenian art into the 20th century.

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