Lisbeth Zwerger is an Austrian illustrator of children's books. For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Among the modes of expression of the culture of Slovenia, a nation-state in Central Europe, are music and dance, literature, visual arts, film, and theatre. A number of festivals take place, showcasing music and literature.
Jakob Savinšek was a Slovene sculptor, illustrator, and poet.
Alenka Puhar is a Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian. In 1982, she wrote a groundbreaking psychohistory-inspired book "The Primal Text of Life" about the 19th century social history of early childhood in Slovene Lands, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The book was in 2010 the subject of a television documentary that was in 2010 televised on the national RTV Slovenija. Her grandfather was the photographer and inventor Janez Puhar, who invented a process for photography on glass.
Bina Štampe Žmavc is a Slovene writer, poet, director and translator.
Svetlana Makarovič is a Slovenian writer of prose, poetry, children's books, and picture books, and is also an actress, illustrator and chanteuse. She has been called "The First Lady of Slovenian poetry." She is also noted for borrowing from Slovenian folklore to tell stories of rebellious and independent women. She is well-known adult and youth author. Her works for youth have become a part of modern classic and youth canon, which both hold a special place in history of the Slovenian youth literature. She won the Levstik Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2011.
Ančka Gošnik Godec is a Slovene illustrator. She has illustrated over 120 children's books as well as school textbooks.
Marlenka Stupica is a Slovene children's book illustrator. She has illustrated over one hundred books for children and is considered one of the top Slovene illustrators.
Marija Lucija Stupica was a Slovene children's book illustrator.
Mojca Osojnik is a Slovene painter and illustrator, best known for her children's books illustrations.
Suzana Bricelj is a Slovene painter and illustrator. Her illustrations appear in children's picture books, journals and magazines for young readers and even school books.
Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič, known by the pen name Lila Prap, is a Slovene illustrator and writer. She is best known for her humorous children's picture books, published both in her native Slovenia and abroad.
Zvonko Čoh is a Slovene painter, illustrator, and animator, best known as the co-author of the first Slovene animated feature length film. He has illustrated over thirty books for children and teenagers and made over twenty short animated films.
Jelka Godec Schmidt is a Slovene illustrator and writer of children's books.
Wang Huiqin is a Chinese-Slovenian artist: painter, calligrapher, book illustrator and author.
Danijel Demšar is a Slovene painter and illustrator of children's books.
Kamila Volčanšek is a Slovene painter and illustrator of children's books.
Milan Bizovičar was a Slovene painter and illustrator.
Evgen Sajovic was a Slovene painter, also known for his frescos and sgraffito as well as book illustrations.
Art of Slovenia refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Slovenia, both before and after the country's Independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Art in Slovenia has been shaped by a number of Slovenian painters, sculptors, architects, photographers, graphics artists, comics, illustration, and conceptual artists. The most prestigious institutions exhibiting works of Slovene visual artists are the National Gallery of Slovenia and the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana.
