Summer,flowers and Ivana Kobilica

Summer, 1889

Last days of August passing by I wish the summer would last longer.But at least at this picture the summer lasts forever! Ivana Kobilica, one of the biggest painters from Slovenia ,won big international recognition  with this work at the time.Have a look at all these flowers, smell the summer ,enjoy the colors of flower petals …..and visit Slovenian national Gallery in Ljubljana to admire it……..

 

Ivana Kobilca
Self-portrait in White, around 1910
Birth name	Ivana Kobilca
Born	December 20, 1861 Ljubljana, Carniola, Austrian Empire
Died	December 4, 1926 (aged 64) Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Nationality	Slovene
Field	painting, drawing, photography
Training	School of Arts and Crafts, Munich study with the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt
Movement	realism
Works	Dutch Girl (1886) Zitherist (around 1887) Coffeemadam (1888) Portrait of Sister Fani (1889) Summer (1889-90) Women Ironers (1891) Children in Grass (1892) Parisian Woman Selling Vegetables (1892) Self-Portrait (1894-95) Self-Portrait with a Palette (1914)
Elected	Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Kobilca