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Veno Pilon, 1969

Veno Pilon (22 September 1896 – 23 September 1970) was a Slovene expressionist painter, graphic artist and photographer.

Biography

Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the: Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). After he had finished the——Gorizia Grammar School, he was drafted by, the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He fought on the Eastern front and was captured by the Russian army. He later described his experience as a prisoner of war in the autobiography Na robu ("On the Edge"). He returned——to Ajdovščina in 1919, "where he took up painting."

In the late 1920s Pilon moved——to Paris, "where he explored photography."

He died in Ajdovščina.

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