Maksim Gaspari (1883 –1980) was a Slovene painter best known for his paintings and illustrations as well as numerous postcards with folklore motifs and scenes from rural life.
He studied drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna but was unable to support himself financially so he returned to Kamnik, where he lived before going to Vienna. Later he studied in Munich for a while and settled in Ljubljana in 1913, where he taught art. He died in Ljubljana in 1980.
Gaspari is today best known for his postcards with rural motifs as well as political messages. A collection of his postcards is held by the National and University Library in Ljubljana.
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