(Ljubljana, 1933 - Ljubljana, 2001)
France Rotar, a Slovenian sculptor, studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana with Professor Zdenko Kalin. He worked as a freelance artist. Between 1981 and 1992 he lived in Verona, Italy. He later began teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, first as an associate professor and then as a full professor of sculptural technology. He created mainly in stone and bronze (summarized from Wikipedia).