FRANCE KRALJ (1895, Zagorica pri Dobrepolje – 1960, Ljubljana), painter, graphic artist and sculptor, is a leading representative of Slovenian expressionism and the later new reality. He studied sculpture and painting at the academies in Vienna and Prague. For many years he was a professor at the Ljubljana Secondary Technical School and was active in the activities of various art societies. In 1933 he published his autobiography My Way. The permanent exhibition displays 235 paintings, drawings, prints and plastics. It is dominated by motifs of peasant life, depictions of animals, landscapes, religious scenes, nudes and portraits. The exhibition has been on display since 1983, with a new installation in 2002.
FRANCE KRALJ (1895, Zagorica pri Dobrepolju – 1960, Ljubljana), slikar, grafik in kipar, je vodilni predstavnik slovenskega ekspresionizma in poznejše nove stvarnosti. Kiparstvo in slikarstvo je študiral na akademijah na Dunaju in v Pragi. Vrsto let je bil profesor na ljubljanski Srednji tehniški šoli in bil aktiven v okviru delovanja različnih likovnih društev. 1933 je izdal avtobiografijo Moja pot. Na stalni razstavi je na ogled 235 slik, risb, grafik in plastik. Prevladuje motivika kmečkega življenja, upodobitve živali, krajin, religioznih prizorov, akti in portreti. Razstava je na ogled od leta 1983, z novo postavitvijo leta 2002.