Modernist sculptor Drago Tršar dies

Drago Tršar, an acclaimed modernist sculptor best known as the author of the Monument to the Revolution in Ljubljana's Republic Square, has died, shortly before his 96th birthday.

Tršar leaves behind an extensive oeuvre, ranging from large public monuments, to small sculptures, as well as drawings, paintings, set designs, graphic arts, ceramics, tapestry and book design.

Apart from the Monument to the Revolution, some of his best known sculptures include the 1957 work Manifestants in Middelheim Park, which is part of the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp...