Slavko Pengov (24 June 1908 – 6 January 1966) 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.

Pengov was born in Ljubljana in 1908. He studied art at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. From 1945 he taught at the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana.

Slavko Pengov

He also illustrated a number of books and won the Levstik Award in 1951 for his illustrations of Fran Saleški Finžgar's book Pod svobodnim soncem (Under A Free Sun).

Slavko Pengov

In 1959 he received the Prešeren Award for his murals on the history of Slovenes in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana.

Slavko Pengov

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Slovenian male painters

Slovenian illustrators

1908 births

1966 deaths

Artists from Ljubljana

Levstik Award laureates

Prešeren Award laureates

Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni

University of Vienna alumni

Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana

20th-century Slovenian painters

20th-century Slovenian male artists