Simon Jenko was a Slovene poet, lyricist and writer.
Fran Levstik was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was one of the most prominent exponents of the Young Slovene political movement.
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.
Marjan Amalietti was a Slovene architect, also known for his illustrations, comics and caricatures.
Božo Kos was a Slovene illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist. He illustrated over forty children's books and his illustrations appeared in numerous magazines for children and adults.
Ive Šubic was a Slovene painter, graphic artists and illustrator.
Savo Sovre was a Slovene painter also known for his illustrations of children's books.
Štefan Planinc was a Slovene surrealist painter also known for his illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books.
Marij Pregelj was a Slovene painter, considered one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century.
Nikolaj Omersa was a Slovene painter and illustrator.
France Mihelič was a Slovene painter, one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century, known for his surrealist figurative paintings and prints.
Maksim Sedej was a Slovene painter, one of the key figures of the mid-20th-century art scene in Slovenia.
Evgen Sajovic was a Slovene painter, also known for his frescos and sgraffito as well as book illustrations.
Boris Kobe was a Slovene architect, painter, and designer.
Janez Vidic was a Slovene painter and illustrator, best known for his oil paintings of landscapes and people as well as his murals.
Gvido Birolla was a Slovene painter, illustrator and caricaturist, known for his political caricatures published in satirical newspapers of the time and his book illustrations.
Slavko Pengov was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana and the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bled.
Tone Kralj was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations.
Maksim Gaspari was a Slovene painter best known for his paintings and illustrations as well as numerous postcards with folklore motifs and scenes from rural life.
Hinko Smrekar was a Slovenian painter, draughtsman, caricaturist, graphic artist, and illustrator. Smrekar was a member of the Vesna Art Club, which was active in Vienna, and a partisan in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia. The Hinko Smrekar Primary School in Ljubljana and the Hinko Smrekar Prize in Celje, the highest Slovenian award in the field of illustration, are named after him. At the time when, as a collaborator of the Slovene Liberation Front, he was hastily shot by the Italian fascists in the vicinity of the gravel pit used for summary executions, he was living in the "Villa Kurnik" on Alešovčeva Street in Šiška. He is buried in the Memorial Park of Fallen Combatants and Hostages at Žale.
