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<th align="left"><b>Božidar Jakac</b> je bil rojen 16.7.1899 v Novem mestu,
kjer je obiskoval osnovno šolo in se nato leta 1909 vpisal na gimnazijo.
Že od otroških let ga je mikalo risanje. V osnovni šoli ga je profesor
Savin učil osnove risanja, občutek za obliko pa je razvijal z oblikovanjem
predmetov iz papirja, ki ga je dobil pri papirničarju Kosu. V gimnaziji
je spoznal pesnika Mirana Jarca, ki je postal slikarjev najzvestejši prijatelj.
<p>Od leta 1913 je nadaljeval šolanje na realki v Idriji, ker je zvedel,
da tam poučuje risanje že znan slikar Ivan Vavpotič. Toda Vavpotič je kmalu
zapustil Idrijo in Božidar Jakac je ostal brez učitelja. Ves čas pa mu
je stala ob strani njegova mati, ki je s simpatijo spremljala Božidarjevo
izpopolnjevanje v slikanju.</p>
<p>Po končani realki je leta 1917/18 odšel na fronto na Piavi, saj ni imel
sredstev za nadaljevanje študija. Po vojni je Vavpotič zbral Jakčeve slike,
jih pokazal Rihardu Jakopiču in ta jih je sprejel na razstavo. Odslej je
Jakac vedno nosil slike in risbe v Ljubljano Rihardu Jakopiču, ki je postal
njegov prvi resnični mentor.</p>
<p>Novembra 1919 je Božidar Jakac odšel na umetnostno akademijo v Pragi.
Tam sta bila njegova učitelja Obrovsky in Thiele, leta 1923 pa je končal
grafično specialko pri profesorju Broemseju. Med študijem je dvakrat obiskal
Berlin in Dresden, ker je tam nameraval nadaljevati študij grafike, vendar
je ta načrt opustil.</p>
<p>Leta 1924 se je naselil v Ljubljani in se zaposlil najprej kot lesorezni
ilustrator pri Jutru, nato pa kot profesor risanja na ljubljanski II. državni
gimnaziji. Po treh letih je službo pustil in postal svobodni umetnik. Medtem
je tudi veliko potoval, predvsem v Pariz, Tunis, Ameriko in na Norveško
ter se poročil z Ljubljančanko Tatjano Gudrunovo, ki je odigrala zelo pomembno
vlogo v njegovi slikarski karieri.</p>
<p>Med drugo svetovno vojno je bil od septembra 1943 v partizanih. Postal
je predsednik Slovenskega umetniškega kluba in dal pobudo za ustanovitev
Likovne akademije. Po vojni je postal profesor in do upokojitve 1961 trikrat
rektor likovne akademije v Ljubljani. Bil je predsednik Zveze likovnih
umetnikov Jugoslavije, republiški in zvezni poslanec, ter pobudnik Mednarodnega
grafičnega bienala v Ljubljani (1955).</p>
<p>Doma in v tujini je ves čas veliko razstavljal. Postal je član Slovenske
akademije znanosti in umetnosti ter dobil naziv "accademico onorario
Academie Fiorentine delle Arti del Disegno" v Firencah.</p>
<p>Za svoje obširno delo je Jakac prejel dolgo vrsto domačih in tujih nagrad
in priznanj, med katerimi je najpomembnejša nagrada AVNOJ.</p>
<p>Zadnja leta svojega življenja je Božidar Jakac urejal svoj bogati umetniški
arhiv. Umrl je leta 1989, star 90 let.</p>
<p>Jakčeva dela so ohranjena v številnih zasebnih in javnih zbirkah po
Evropi in Ameriki, v Kostanjevici na Krki pa je v galeriji Božidar Jakac
stalna zbirka njegovih slikarskih in grafičnih umetnin in v Novem mestu
stalna zbirka del iz NOB v muzeju NOB. </p>
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<th align="left"><b>Bozidar Jakac</b> was born on July 16, 1899 in <a href="http://www.fer.uni-lj.si/~iztok/Novo_mesto.html" target="zgornji">Novo
mesto</a>, where he received his elementary school education and, in 1909,
enroled <a href="http://www.fer.uni-lj.si/~iztok/Novo_mesto.html" target="zgornji">Novo
mesto</a> high school. He was keen on drawing and painting since his childhood.
He was taught elements of drawing at elementary school while he developed
feeling of form by making statues from paper given to him by papermaker
Kos.
<p>From 1913 onwards, he continued his education at the nonclassical secondary
school at <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo/idrija.html" target="zgornji">Idrija</a>.
It was there he met Miran Jarc, a famous poet who became one of the best
and most influential friends of his. Bozidar Jakac had hoped to be taught
the technics of drawing by Ivan Vavpotic who was teaching at <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo/idrija.html" target="zgornji">Idrija</a>
secondary school at that time. But unfortunately Vavpotic left <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo/idrija.html">Idrija</a>
soon and Jakac remained without his tutor. His mother supported Bozidar's
fondness for drawing and painting all the time and helped him as much as
possible.</p>
<p>When Jakac finished school, he remained without scholarship so he took
part in the Piave front in 1917/18.</p>
<p>When the First World War was over, Vavpotic collected Jakac's paintings
and took them to Rihard Jakopic, who later made exhibition of them. Since
that time Jakac kept on showing his work of art to Rihard Jakopic who became
his first real tutor.</p>
<p>In 1919 Jakac went to Prague where he attended the Academy of Art. He
studied under Obrovsky and Thiele. Jakac stayed in Prague for several years
and in 1923 completed also a graduate course of studies in the field of
graphic art, working under professor Broemse. During his studies he visited
Berlin and Dresden (the former twice).</p>
<p>In 1924 he settled in <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo-ljubljana.html" target="zgornji">Ljubljana</a>
and began to work first as a wood engraver - illustrator for the newspaper
Jutro and later as an appointed professor of drawing at the Second State
High School of <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo-ljubljana.html" target="zgornji">Ljubljana</a>.
He worked there for three years, then he gave up the job and became a free-lance
artist.</p>
<p>During this period he travelled to Paris, Tunis, the USA and to Norway.
He married Tatjana Gudrun who also played the most important role in his
career as a painter.</p>
<p>During World War II, he participated in the National Liberation Movement,
joining the partisan forces in September 1943. He was ellected President
of the Slovene Artistic Club and it was already at that time he encouraged
the establishment of the Slovene Academy of Plastic Arts. After the war,
he took up the post as a professor at newly-established Academy of Plastic
Arts in <a href="http://ijs.muzej.si/slo-ljubljana.html" target="zgornji">Ljubljana</a>.
Prior to his retirement in 1961 he had been appointed three times rector
of this institution. He was also active in social affairs, served as President
of the Association of Plastic Artists of former Yugoslavia. He was delegate
both on republican and federal levels. Jakac was a prime mover in the process
of the creation of the International Biennal of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana.
Throughout this time, he exhibited extensively both in his homeland and
abroad. Jakac was a member of the Slovene Academy of the Arts and Sciences
as well as "accademico onorario" of the Accademia Fiorentina
delle Arti del Disegno in Florence.</p>
<p>Such work brought Jakac numerous awards and prizes that he received
in Sloivenia and abroad, the most important being the AVNOJ Award.</p>
<p>Bozidar Jakac spent his last years of life arranging his enormous work
of art. He died in 1989 at the age of 90.</p>
<p>The works created by Jakac are presently to be found in many collections,
both private and public, throughout Europe and America. There is also a
permanent collection of his paintings and graphic works in the Bozidar
Jakac Gallery at Kostanjevica on the Krka and another permanent collection
of the works he made during the war. This is to be found in the Museum
of the Natonal Liberation Combat at <a href="http://www.fer.uni-lj.si/~iztok/Novo_mesto.html" target="zgornji">Novo
mesto</a>. </p>
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<address>Rebeka KONDA, Špela ISOP, Marina KOČEVAR, November 1995</address>
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