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[[File:Edi Šelhaus - Veno Pilon (1969).jpg|thumb|Veno Pilon, 1969]]
'''Veno Pilon''' (
== Biography ==
Pilon was born in [[Ajdovščina]], then part of the [[Austro-Hungarian]] province of [[Gorizia and Gradisca]] (now in [[Slovenia]]). After graduating from the prestigious ''[[Gymnasium (school)|gymasium]]'' of [[Gorizia]], he was drafted by the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] during [[World War I]]. He fought on the [[Eastern front (World War I)|Eastern front]] and was captured by the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] army. He later described his experience as a [[prisoner of war]] in the [[autobiography]] ''Na robu'' ("On the Edge"). He returned to Ajdovščina in [[1919]], where he took up painting. ▼
▲Pilon was born in [[Ajdovščina]], then part of the [[Austro-Hungarian]] province of [[Gorizia and Gradisca]] (now in [[Slovenia]]). After
In the late 1920s Pilon moved to Paris, where he explored photography.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kako se je Veno Pilon "z vso vnemo oprijel fotografije" in ji ostal zvest do zadnjega dne |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/film-in-tv/kako-se-je-veno-pilon-z-vso-vnemo-oprijel-fotografije-in-ji-ostal-zvest-do-zadnjega-dne/641308 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=rtvslo.si |language=sl}}</ref>
He died in [[Ajdovščina]].
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.venopilon.com The Pilon Gallery]
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[[Category:Slovenian male painters]]
[[Category:Slovenian photographers]]
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ajdovščina]]
[[Category:Prešeren Award laureates]]
[[Category:20th-century Slovenian painters]]
[[Category:20th-century Slovenian male artists]]
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