Rudi Španzel

Rudi Španzel (born December 18, 1948, in Griže) is a Slovenian painter.^[1]

Biography

Rudi Španzel graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He is one of the few contemporary painters who create on the principle of Renaissance artists, who have insisted on realism and deep symbolism. He has received many domestic and foreign awards for achievements, among them the Prešeren Fund Award in 1985. He painted portraits on Slovenian tolar banknotes, in circulation from October 1991 until the introduction of euro in January 2007.^[2]

References

1. Horvat, Marjan (August 2008). "Tednik, številka 08, Skrivnosti "velikonočnega kardinala"". Mladina (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 June 2011.
2. Šiška, Marko (January 2012). "Twenty Years of National Currency". Www.ukom.gov.si. Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.