Tone Kralj

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Tone Kralj

| image = Tone Kralj 1930s.jpg

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1900|08|23}}

| birth_place = Zagorica, Slovenia

| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1975|09|09}}

| death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia

| nationality = Slovenian

| field = painting, sculpture

| training = Prague, Vienna

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| works = Painting, murals, sculpture and illustration

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| awards = {{Awards|Levstik Award|1950|for Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu}}{{Awards|Prešeren Award|1972|for his lifetime achievement}}

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Tone Kralj (23 August 1900 – 9 September 1975) was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations.[http://www.galerija-bj.si/index.php/stalneRazstave/razstava/tone_kralj/ Permanent exhibition of Tone Kralj's work at the Božidar Jakac Gallery in Kostanjevica]. Galerija-bj.si (15 June 2013). Retrieved on 6 August 2014.

Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague between 1920 and 1923 and then in Vienna, Paris, and Venice. Some of his best-known works are the wall paintings in various churches. His 1954 illustrations for Fran Levstik's Martin Krpan are also some of the most iconic images for the story. He won the Levstik Award in 1950 for his illustrations for Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu (The Story of Prince Jeruslan).[http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site]. Mladinska.com. Retrieved on 6 August 2014. He died in Ljubljana in 1975.

In 1972 he received the Prešeren Award for his life's work.[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/o_ministrstvu/Presernov_sklad/nagrajenci/2_Presernove_nagrade1947-2012.pdf List of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients]. Slovenian Ministry of Culture