Name 1
STATUE - MINER LEAVING AMONG THE PARTISANS
Name 2
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ID number
002.450.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija
Local / Original ID Number
510:IDR;LZ-223
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The statue has a wooden stand on which there is a sculpture of a woman, made out of plaster. She has an arm lifted in the air to pass a rifle to the Idrija miner who has returned from work. The miner has a carbide lamp attached to his belt. He carries a lunch bag over his shoulder and in his right hand still holds a drilling machine, which is positioned in the ore mass between the miner and the woman. The mining axe also lies beside him. The plaster is covered with platinum, so that it appears as if it is a bronze casting.
Measures
Length 20.5 cm, width 13.5 cm, height 39.9 cm.
Materials
Plaster, steel, wood.
Dating
29/10/1953
Author / Producer
Tone Kralj
Picture attachments
Original use
The statue, “Miner leaving to join the Partisans”, is a miniature version or a model of a bronze statue, which is placed in the Idrija Town Square. It was built by Tone Kralj, as an proposal for a large bronze statue, which was built in 1953, on the then Marshal Tito Square in the centre of Idrija. The miner on the statue is reminiscent of the Idrija Miner statue, built in 1933 by Nikolaj Pirnat. Slovenian painter, sculptor and graphic designer Tone Kralj (1900–1975) studied sculpture in Prague, and improved his knowledge in Vienna, Paris and Venice. In the 1930s and 1940s, he marked the Slovenian national space with paintings in over 50 churches from Mount Lussari to the Adriatic Sea. His opus, besides family portraits, encompasses historical scenes of revolts and wars, lives of peasants and workers, and Biblical scenes.
Present use
The described painting is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the art collection of Idrija Municipal Museum. Visitors can see it within the permanent exhibition “Milestones of the 20th Century”.
Original location
Location information is not known.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, Gewerkenegg Castle (showroom 15).
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The artistic object is properly preserved. Additional interventions are not necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
20. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never