Peter Adamič

(Ljubljana, 6.10.1929-Valična vas na Dolenjskem, 4.2.1990)

Peter Adamič was a Slovenian artist who, during his creative career, devoted himself mainly to painting landscapes. He spent a lot of time in Škofja Loka and in the Gorenje region, where he got to know the mountainous nature on a daily basis. In his works of art, which he painted on Slovenian soil, there are various regional peculiarities and the beauty of the landscape. He also included national motifs several times, including Triglav, which at that time was already considered one of the more recognizable symbols of Slovenianness.

He sketched and painted many times in nature. To the extent that he painted in the studio, he focused on still life or portraiture. He painted in oil and watercolor, and during his life he also produced some graphics. Adamič also tried his hand at ceramics and the processing of wooden plates, and quite a few of the photographs he used to help himself with painting have also been preserved. He was an academically trained artist. After finishing high school, he enrolled at the art academy in Ljubljana. There, in 1955, he graduated from prof. Mihelič, who at that time, alongside Pregelj, Pengov and Sedej, was considered a fundamental art pedagogue. Adamic's move has been temperamental since the beginning of creation. Nevertheless, it works with ease and creates a mood in parts. He was more interested in the color and the final feeling that the visitor receives upon contact with the artistic image than the content. Adamic's works are not realistic projections from nature, but are a reflection of the artist's mood, feelings and experiences, which he formed towards the artistic subject.

His paintings contain several spatial plans. The artist did not deepen these with the help of optical aids, as he largely tried to distance himself from official academic approaches in his expression. He also proved this by choosing a more elongated format for landscape images, with which he offered the viewer a different view than he was used to until then. During his life, he went on quite a few trips. He explored Africa, America and Europe, all the while recording interesting motifs and peculiarities from the surroundings. Ever since 1964, when he exhibited his works for the first time, he has participated in several art events at home and abroad.

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Peter Adamič je bil slovenski umetnik, ki se je tekom svoje ustvarjalne kariere posvečal predvsem slikanju krajine. Veliko časa je preživel v Škofji Loki in na gorenjskem, kjer se je vsakodnevno spoznaval z gorato naravo. V njegovih umetninah, ki jih je naslikal na slovenskih tleh, se nahajajo raznolike regionalne posebnosti in lepote pokrajine. Večkrat je vključil tudi nacionalne motive, med katerimi nastopa Triglav, ki je v tistem času že veljal kot eden izmed bolj prepoznavnih simbolov slovenstva.

Večkrat je skiciral in slikal kar v naravi. V kolikor je slikal v ateljeju se je osredotočil raje na tihožitje ali pa je portretiral. Slikal je v olju in akvarelu, tekom življenja pa je izdelal tudi nekaj grafik. Adamič se je preizkusil tudi v keramiki in obdelavi lesenih krožnikov, kar nekaj pa je ohranjenih tudi fotografij, s katerimi si je pomagal pri slikanju. Bil je akademsko izobražen umetnik. Po končani srednji šoli se je vpisal na likovno akademijo v Ljubljani. Tam je leta 1955 diplomiral pri prof. Miheliču, ki je v tistem času poleg Pregla, Pengova in Sedeja veljal za temeljnega likovnega pedagoga. Adamičeva poteza je že od začetka ustvarjanja temperamentna. Kljub temu deluje lahkotno in v delih ustvarja štimungo. Bolj kot vsebina ga je zanimal kolorit in končno občutenje, ki ga je deležen obiskovalec ob stiku z likovno podobo. Adamičeva dela niso realne projekcije iz narave ampak so odraz umetnikovega razpoloženja, občutkov in izkušenj, ki jih je izoblikoval do likovnega subjekta.

Njegove slike vsebujejo več prostorskih planov. Teh umetnik ni poglobil s pomočjo optičnih pomagal, saj se je v svojem izrazu v veliki meri skušal oddaljiti od uradnih akademskih prijemov. To je dokazal tudi z izbiro bolj podolgovatega formata za podobe krajine s katerimi je gledalcu ponudil drugačen pogled kot ga je bil vajen do tedaj. Tekom življenja se je odpravil na kar nekaj potovanj,. Raziskal je Afriko, Ameriko in Evropo pri tem pa ves čas beležil zanimive motive in posebnosti iz okolice. Vse od leta 1964, ko je prvič razstavil svoja dela je sodeloval na več umetnostnih dogodkih doma in v tujini.

SOURCES/VIRI:
Mira KALAN, Adamič, Peter (1929-1990), Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin, Kranj 2020, https://www.obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si/en/oseba/adamic-peter/ (23.6.2024).
Andrej PAVLOVEC, »Sprehodi ob jezerih, rekah in potokih«, Peter Adamič (Škofja Loka, Loški Muzej Škofja Loka, ed. Andrej Pavlovec), Ljubljana 1986, p. 1.
Boštjan SOKLIČ, Slikovitost in Dinamika, Slikovitost in dinamika Peter Adamič (Škofja Loka, Loški muzej Škofja loka, ed. Jana Mlakar), Škofja Loka 2013, pp. 2-3.