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Lojze Spacal (Trieste, 15 June 1907 – Trieste, 6 May 2000) was a Slovenian painter, exponent of the Slovenian community in Italy. Lojze Spacal (also known as Luigi Spacal) was born on the Trieste Karst to a family of Slovenian nationality. Read the full biography

Lojze Spacal (Trieste, 15 June 1907 – Trieste, 6 May 2000) was a Slovenian painter, exponent of the Slovenian community in Italy. Lojze Spacal (also known as Luigi Spacal) was born on the Trieste Karst to a family of Slovenian nationality. In 1930 he was arrested on charges of anti-fascism and sent into exile in Accettura, in Basilicata. During the years of confinement he discovered his artistic vocation. In 1934 he graduated from the artistic high school in Venice. He began to exhibit his first works in 1937. In 1942 he was sent back to confinement in Abruzzo and, later, assigned to a special work battalion in Forte dei Marmi. Nonetheless, he managed to continue exhibiting his works so much so that, in 1944, he held his first solo show. In 1948 he participated for the first time in the Venice biennial. In 1958 he won the international Grand Prize "for a designer and engraver" at the Venice Biennale, in 1959 the 2nd prize at the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana. In 1974 he was awarded the Prešeren prize, the highest Slovenian artistic recognition, and the "San Giusto d'Oro" in 1977. In 1998 a museum was dedicated to him in the castle of San Daniele del Carso.