Slovenian Painters from Trieste 1945 - 1960
The greater part of the most prominent painters from the Slovenian Littoral was, or still is, based in Trieste, a city that after the WWII became a true political and cultural centre of Slovenian community in Italy. The artistic lexicon of the Trieste artists was grounded in the tradition of Slovenian modernism and avant-garde and influenced by the Italian artists and the western culture. A stimulating environment prompted the Trieste artists to abandon the figurative realism and encourage the younger generations of Slovenian fine artists to open up to the impulses of modernism, which was then gaining ground in the world.