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To celebrate International Women's Day, you are kindly invited to the opening of the first exhibition by the accomplished landscape photographer Robert Jarh. In the exhibited series of photographs, he captured nine Slovenian towns and villages where some of the most notable Slovenian women, recognized for their achievements, lived and worked.
Colours of sLOVEnia
by Robert Jarh
Tuesday 10 March 2020 at 6.30 pm
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
17 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BL
RSVP: rsvp.vlo@gov.si
The exhibition will be on display until end of April. Viewing by prior appointment.
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Exhibited series of photographs will portray places where the following Slovenian women were born, have lived and worked:
Pavlina Pajk (1854-1901) – Solkan – a first lady of Slovenian 19th century feminist storytelling and poetry whose life motto was "love – think – work".
Pia Mlakar (1910-2000) – Ljubljana – a ballerina and choreographer who together with her husband Pino personified ballet in Slovenia and redefined Slovenian dance for younger generations.
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer (1926 - ) – Škofja Loka – an internationally established and recognized chemist and a notable contributor to the improvement of higher education in Slovenia.
Josipina Urbančič Turnograjska (1833 – 1854) – Preddvor – one of the first 19th century Slovene female writers, poets, and composers with remarkable literary opus.
Ita Rina (1907 – 1979) – Divača – an internationally acclaimed actress, beauty queen and one of the most famous European movie stars in the 1930s who declined offers from Hollywood three times.
Ivana Kobilica (1861 – 1926) – Ljubljana – most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity.
Zofka Kveder (1878 – 1926) – Ljubljana – a prominent Slovene woman writer, and a committed activist for women's rights.
Alma Karlin (1889 – 1950) - Celje – a world traveller, writer, poet and collector who spoke several languages and was awarded by the Society of Arts in London for her achievements.
Ljuba Prenner (1906 – 1977) – Prevalje – a progressive, free-thinking Slovenian lawyer and well-known author of the first Slovenian crime novel.
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