TONE KRALJ (1900, Zagorica pri Dobrepolje – 1975, Ljubljana), painter, graphic artist and sculptor, studied in Prague and studied in Vienna, Paris, Venice and Rome. His stylistic development follows from Art Nouveau through Expressionism, the new reality to the so-called Monumental realism in the years after the Second World War. The exhibition has been on display since 1974, it was redecorated in 2013.
On 15.6.2013, we presented a new exhibition, which includes 88 art exhibits, and some of the basic works were also borrowed from related institutions (Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Museum and galleries of the city of Ljubljana, Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, Slovenian Ethnographic Museum and Maribor Art Gallery). The layout is conceived chronologically, stronger emphasis is placed on the period of study improvement in the early twenties, in the early thirties, especially with the theme of the portrait, his ‘novelty’ orientation is more thoroughly presented, and some works with a characteristic socially critical note for the King are added. In the period after II. STs. at the forefront of the war was the illustrating cycle, and woodcuts, especially from the Earth cycle, which is meaningfully completed by the interweaving of the theme of Carnival and wedding, which Tone Kralj dealt with throughout the entire opus. In addition to family portraits, the motifs of historical scenes of peasant revolts and wars, peasant and working life, as well as biblical scenes and illustrations dominate. The exhibition also included a documentary about the life and work of Tonet Kralj, filmed by Dr. Igor Kranjec and Sasha Vrabic in the production of the municipality of Dobrepolje.
TONE KRALJ (1900, Zagorica pri Dobrepolju – 1975, Ljubljana), slikar, grafik in kipar, je študiral v Pragi in se študijsko izpopolnjeval na Dunaju, v Parizu, Benetkah in Rimu. Njegov stilni razvoj sledi od secesije preko ekspresionizma, nove stvarnosti do t.i. monumentalnega realizma v letih po drugi svetovni vojni. Razstava je na ogled od leta 1974, preurejena je bila leta 2013.
15.6.2013 smo javnosti predstavili novo postavitev, ki vključuje 88 umetniških eksponatov, pri čemer smo si nekaj temeljnih del sposodili tudi od sorodnih institucij (Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Muzej in galerije mesta Ljubljane, Muzej novejše zgodovine Slovenije, Slovenski etnografski muzej in Umetnostna galerija Maribor). Postavitev je koncipirana kronološko, močnejši poudarki so na obdobju študijskega izpopolnjevanja v zgodnjih dvajsetih, v začetku tridesetih je predvsem s temo portreta temeljiteje predstavljena njegova ‘novostvarnostna’ usmeritev, dodanih je tudi nekaj del z za Kralja značilno socialno kritično noto. V obdobju po II. sv. vojni smo v ospredje postavili ilustratorski ciklus, ter lesoreze, predvsem iz cikla Zemlja, katerega smiselno zaključuje preplet tematike pusta in svatbe, s katerim se je Tone Kralj ukvarjal skozi celoten opus. Poleg družinskih portretov prevladuje motivika zgodovinskih prizorov kmečkih uporov in vojn, kmečkega in delavskega življenja ter biblijski prizori in ilustracije. V razstavo smo umestili tudi dokumentarec o življenju in delu Toneta Kralja, ki sta ga v produkciji občine Dobrepolje posnela dr. Igor Kranjec in Sašo Vrabič.
