Marjan Keršič
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Marjan Keršič aka Belač (Slovene: Marjan Keršič - Belač) (18 May 1920 – 3 June 2003) was a Slovenian sculptor and mountaineer.
Sculpture[]
Keršič was a student of Boris Kalin. He graduated in 1949 at the . From 1962 to 1966 he taught sculpture at the . His first works can be classified as typical of Social Realism (a monument to the in Planina pri Rakeku, 1953). Later he continued in a moderate Realism (Aleš Bebler Monument in Nova Gorica, 1981).
Mountaineering[]
In August 1960, Keršič was part of the Yugoslav mountaineering expedition to the Himalayas. They ascended Trisul III (6,007 metres or 19,708 feet).
expedition, the firstExternal links[]
- Marjan Keršič Belač, kipar in alpinist (Marjan Keršič aka Belač), the sculptor and the mountain climber. TV documentary. RTV Slovenija. (in Slovene)
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century Slovenian sculptors
- Slovenian mountain climbers
- University of Ljubljana alumni
- Artist stubs