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Boris Kalin
Born	(1905-06-24)24 June 1905 Solkan, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austria-Hungary
Died	22 May 1975(1975-05-22) (aged 69) Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovene
Education	Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
Known for	sculpture
Notable work	Fifteen-year-old Girl, A Portrait of Marshal Tito, Monument to the People's Liberation War
Movement	realism, idealism
Awards	Prešeren Award 1947 Fifteen-year-old Girl 1948 A Portrait of Marshal Tito 1950 Monument to the People's Liberation War

Boris Kalin (24 June 1905 – 22 May 1975) was a Slovene sculptor. He mainly created classical figures, public monuments, and nudes. Some of his sculptures are kept at Brdo Castle as part of its collection of modern Slovene art.

Biography

Kalin was born in Solkan, which was then a suburb of the Austro-Hungarian town of Gorizia and is now part of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. He attended the technical secondary school in Ljubljana and continued his studies between 1924 and 1929 at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts with the professors Rudolf Valdec, Frano Kršinić, Ivo Kredić, and Ivan Meštrović. From 1945 to 1970, Kalin taught sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana; he was also its dean for two terms. He taught many younger colleagues that became prominent European artists. Kalin was one of the few Slovene sculptors to master stone carving. In 1953 he became a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died in Ljubljana. His younger brother Zdenko was also a prominent sculptor.

Work

For his work he was bestowed with the Prešeren Award three times: in 1947 for his statue "Fifteen-Year-Old Girl" (Petnajstletna), said to represent his daughter, in 1948 for his statue "Portrait of Marshal Tito" (Portret Maršala Tita), and in 1950 for his "Monument to the People's Liberation War" (Spomenik narodnoosvobodilni borbi) in Vrhnika.

References

• Valič, Judita (2005-12-15). "Pozabljeni poet podob". Dobro Jutro. Regionalni mediji d.o.o. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-09.

v t e Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica
Settlements:	Administrative seat: Nova Gorica Current Ajševica Banjšice Bate Branik Brdo Budihni Čepovan Dornberk Draga Dragovica Gradišče nad Prvačino Grgar Grgarske Ravne Kromberk Lazna Loke Lokovec Lokve Nemci Osek Ozeljan Pedrovo Podgozd Potok pri Dornberku Preserje Pristava Prvačina Ravnica Rožna Dolina Saksid Šempas Šmaver Šmihel Solkan Spodnja Branica Stara Gora Steske Sveta Gora Tabor Trnovo Vitovlje Voglarji Zalošče Former Dol pri Čepovanu Gorica Gornji Lokovec Puštale Sveto Visoko Vrata
Landmarks	Branik Castle Europe Square Kostanjevica Monastery Kromberk Castle Nova Gorica railway station Nova Gorica Sports Park Soča River Solkan Bridge Vipava Valley
Culture and education	Nova Gorica Grammar School University of Nova Gorica
Notable people	Nevin Birsa Valter Birsa Matej Bor Jure Franko Ivo Hvalica Klement Jug Boris Kalin Zdenko Kalin Vasja Klavora Danilo Kovačič Janko Kralj Branko Marušič Tomaž Marušič Iztok Mlakar Dušan Pirjevec Ahac Marko Anton Plenčič Vojteh Ravnikar Gianni Rijavec Leon Rupnik Igor Simčič Mojca Širok Stanislav Škrabec Josip Srebrnič Jože Srebrnič Boštjan Vuga Danilo Zavrtanik Vasilij Žbogar

External links

• Media related to Boris Kalin at Wikimedia Commons

• 1905 births
• 1975 deaths
• 20th-century Slovenian sculptors
• 20th-century Slovenian male artists
• Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana
• Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni
• Prešeren Award laureates
• People from the City Municipality of Nova Gorica