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1883 Vrpolje, Croatia (former Yugoslavia) - 1962 South Bend, Indiana. Known for: Symbolic, religious theme sculpture, monuments.
Ivan Mestrovic spent his childhood in Otavice, a poor village of Dalmatinska Zagora. He also spent a year (1900) as an apprentice in Harald Bilinic's stonemason's workshop in Split and then went to... Read full biography
Ivan Mestrovic spent his childhood in Otavice, a poor village of Dalmatinska Zagora. He also spent a year (1900) as an apprentice in Harald Bilinic's stonemason's workshop in Split and then went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1901-1906), just as the secession movement was reaching... Read full biography
Ivan Mestrovic spent his childhood in Otavice, a poor village of Dalmatinska Zagora. He also spent a year (1900) as an apprentice in Harald Bilinic's stonemason's workshop in Split and then went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1901-1906), just as the secession movement was reaching its peak. Ivan Mestrovic's style changed several times, and he engaged in many activities: he was a sculptor, the author of several architectonic and literary works, and a participant in important... Read full biography
Ivan Mestrovic spent his childhood in Otavice, a poor village of Dalmatinska Zagora. He also spent a year (1900) as an apprentice in Harald Bilinic's stonemason's workshop in Split and then went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1901-1906), just as the secession movement was reaching its peak. Ivan Mestrovic's style changed several times, and he engaged in many activities: he was a sculptor, the author of several architectonic and literary works, and a participant in important political events. The young Mestrovic was affirmed as an artist between 1903 and 1910, through his group exhibitions with the Vienna Secession* group of artists. Most of his early works were highly symbolic such as The Fountain of Life, 1905. In 1908,... Read full biography
Ivan Mestrovic spent his childhood in Otavice, a poor village of Dalmatinska Zagora. He also spent a year (1900) as an apprentice in Harald Bilinic's stonemason's workshop in Split and then went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1901-1906), just as the secession movement was reaching its peak. Ivan Mestrovic's style changed several times, and he engaged in many activities: he was a sculptor, the author of several architectonic and literary works, and a participant in important political events. The young Mestrovic was affirmed as an artist between 1903 and 1910, through his group exhibitions with the Vienna Secession* group of artists. Most of his early works were highly symbolic such as The Fountain of Life, 1905. In 1908, Mestrovic hired an atelier* in Paris and there he created his epically emphatic works. Myth and symbol werwww.mdc.hr (Ivan Mestrovic Museums).... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts