Veno Pilon

[2] Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia).

After he had finished the Gorizia Grammar School, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.

[2] In the late 1920s Pilon moved to Paris, where he explored photography[3] and translating Slovene literature into French.

[4] After a donation by his son, Dominique, his work in on permanent display at the Pilon Gallery in Ajdovščina.

[2] Media related to Veno Pilon at Wikimedia CommonsThis article about a Slovenian painter is a stub.