(1.7.1932, Prosenjakovci – 3.1.1979)
Ladislav Danč was a Slovenian academic artist who, with his works and active involvement in the field of culture, had a significant influence on the development of art in Prekmurje. He was involved in painting and drawing as well as graphics and illustration. His oeuvre is extremely extensive and diverse.
At first, he was fascinated by realism, which over time led him towards expressionism and eventually abstraction. After finishing high school in Murska Sobota, Danč enrolled in studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He successfully graduated there in 1959, and then got a job at RTV Slovenia. There, he created numerous projects as an illustrator and set designer. He published his drawings several times in the local newspaper Vestnik, and then moved back to his native Prekmurje. There, Danč created mainly in the techniques of oil on canvas and watercolor.
In his works, he explored various aspects of nature, from idyllic landscapes to dramatic images that reflected his view of the world and human existence. At local schools, Danč also taught art to many young Prekmurje artists, making a significant contribution to the development of painting on home soil. During this time, he also participated in the establishment of the DHLM art group, which also included Štefan Hauko, Lojze Logar and Franc Mesarič. Its members sought to introduce the people of Prekmurje to modern art. They were interested in pop art, photorealism and the new landscape.
Ladislav Danč established himself primarily with expressive figurative art and landscape motifs. His works often reflected the artist's mood and vision of the world, as he used strong color contrasts and dramatic accents in his paintings to convey tension and anxiety on the canvas. In the last years of his artistic career, he began to experiment with abstraction. A large exhibition of Danč's works demonstrated how important an influence the artist had on the development of contemporary Slovenian fine art, especially in the context of the Prekmurje artistic tradition.
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Ladislav Danč je bil slovenski akademski umetnik, ki je s svojimi deli in aktivnim udejstvovanjem na področju kulture pomembno vplival na razvoj umetnosti v Prekmurju. Ukvarjal se je tako s slikanjem in risanjem kot tudi grafiko in ilustracijo. Njegov opus je izredno obsežen in raznolik.
Sprva se je navdušil nad realizmom, ki ga je skozi čas pripeljal proti ekspresionizmu in naposled abstrakciji. Danč se je po končani gimnaziji v Murski Soboti vpisal na študij na Akademijo za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani. Tam je uspešno diplomiral leta 1959, nato pa se je zaposlil na RTV Slovenija. Tam je kot ilustrator in scenograf ustvarjal številne projekte. Večkrat je svoje risbe objavil v lokalnem časopisu Vestnik, nato pa se je preselil nazaj v rodno Prekmurje. Tam je Danč ustvarjal predvsem v tehniki olje na platnu in akvarelu.
V svojih delih je raziskoval različne vidike narave, od idiličnih pokrajin do dramatičnih podob, ki so odražale njegov pogled na svet in človeško eksistenco. Na lokalnih šolah je Danč poučeval tudi likovni pouk številne mlade prekmurske umetnike, s čimer je pomembno prispeval k razvoju slikarstva na domačih tleh. V tem času je sodeloval tudi pri ustanovitvi umetniške skupine DHLM, v katero so sodili še Štefan Hauko, Lojze Logar in Franc Mesarič. Člani te so si prizadevali, da bi Prekmurčane seznanili z moderno umetnostjo. Zanimali so se za pop art, fotorealizem in novo krajino.
Ladislav Danč se je uveljavil predvsem z ekspresivno figuraliko in pokrajinskimi motivi. Njegova dela so večkrat odražala umetnikovo počutje in videnje sveta, saj je pri slikanju uporabil močne kontraste barv in dramatične poudarke s katerimi je na platno prenesel napetost in tesnobo. V zadnjih letih svoje umetniške poti je začel eksperimentirati z abstrakcijo. Z veliko razstavo Dančevih del so dokazali, kako pomemben vpliv je umetnik imel v razvoju sodobne slovenske likovne umetnosti, predvsem v kontekstu prekmurske likovne tradicije.
Besedilo je za galerijo Porta Alpina pripravila Pia Župevec, dipl. um. zgod.
The text was prepared for the Porta Alpina gallery by Pia Župevec, B.Sc. art history
The text was prepared for the Porta Alpina gallery by Pia Župevec, B.Sc. art history
SOURCES/VIRI:
Manuela DAJNKO, Danč, Ladislav (1932–1979), Slovenska biografija, 2013. http://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi1024210/#novi-slovenski-biografski-leksikon (12.2.2026).,
Franc OBAL, Ladislav Danč, Memorialna razstava, Galerija Murska Sobota, https://www.galerija-ms.si/razstava/ladislav-danc-1932-1979-memorialna-razstava/ (1.1.2026).
Ladislav Danč, Pomurski muzej, https://www.pomurski-muzej.si/pages/posts/l-1178.php (4.1.2026).
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