Slavko Pengov

Slavko Pengov was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly [Building, Ljubljana|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 Academy of [Fine Arts, University of Zagreb|Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts] and the Academy of Fine [Arts Vienna]. From 1945 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts and [Design, Ljubljana|Academy of Arts] in Ljubljana.
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.
He taught painting to Aleksa Ivanc Olivieri.
In 1959 he received the Prešeren Award for his murals on the history of Slovenes in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana.