Zvest Apollonio
Zvest Apollonio (15 May 1935, in Capodistria – 25 March 2009, in Bertoki) was a Slovenian painter and scenographer.Apollonio was born of an Italian father and a Slovenian mother and grew up bilingually.He entered the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts in 1960 where he studied under Gabrijel Stupica.[2] In 2003 he received the Istrian Arts Award "for special achievements in shaping, researching and preserving the cultural identity of Istria."[3] Apollonio worked in various mediums, including painting, graphics, sculpture, drawing, illustration, art equipment, mosaics and scenery.