page_title: Tone Kralj
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Tone Kralj / References
caption_attribution_description: Dinner by Tone Kralj
context_page_description: Tone Kralj was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations.
  Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague between 1920 and 1923 and then at Vienna, Paris and Venice. Some of his best-known works are the wall paintings in various churches. His 1954 illustrations for Fran Levstik's Martin Krpan are also some of the most recognizable images of the story. He won the Levstik Award in 1950 for his illustrations for Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu. He died in Ljubljana in 1975.
  In 1972 he received the Prešeren Award for his life's work.
context_section_description: Permanent exhibition of Tone Kralj's work at the Božidar Jakac Gallery in Kostanjevica. Galerija-bj.si (15 June 2013). Retrieved on 6 August 2014.
  The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site. Mladinska.com. Retrieved on 6 August 2014.
  List of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients. Slovenian Ministry of Culture
caption: Dinner by Kralj on a 1975 Yugoslavia stamp
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