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Croatia17 Zagreb3 The Mestrovic Atelier

The city of Zagreb, capital of Croatia, with a population of nearly one million, contains almost a quarter of the entire population of Croatia.

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Croatia17 Zagreb3 The Mestrovic Atelier

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  1. CROATIA 17 Zagreb TheMestrovic Atelier 3

  2. TheMestrovic Atelier Ivan Meštrović (1883 –1962) was a Croatian sculptor and architect. He is arguably Croatia's most famous sculptor and artist and he is renowned as one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. Meštrović actually lived with his family and worked in this house from 1920's until 1942 when he left Croatia. And it is here where he complied many of his art works and monuments including The Indians - a monument in Chicago. He refused to live in a communist country but in 1952 decided to sign off all of his personal estates to the Republic of Croatia and Croatian people, including over 400 sculptures and numerous drawings

  3. The Meštrović atelier is an attractive memorial and exhibition site located in Zagreb’s Upper Town, close to St. Mark’s Church

  4. The atelier is an authentic recreation of what was once the home and studio of the world-famous Croatian sculptor The Atrium

  5. Woman in Pain, 1928

  6. Woman in Pain, 1928

  7. Woman in Pain, 1928 Head of an old man with a beard. Vienna, 1906

  8. The Monument of Gratitude to France, 1930

  9. On 11 November 1930, the 12th anniversary day of the end of the First World War, a memorial of gratitude to France in Belgrade’s Veliki Kalemegdan Park was formally unveiled in the presence of King Alexander and Queen Maria

  10. Female Torso with Arms, 1928

  11. Meštrović exhibition in the Musée Rodin Paris in 2012

  12. The Atrium

  13. Femme à la harpe, 1932

  14. Mother Thinking, Zagreb, 1930

  15. Mother Thinking, Zagreb, 1930

  16. First Crucifixion, Rome, 1914

  17. Christ on the Cross. Dubrovnik, 1942 St. Roche, Dubrovnik, 1922

  18. the artist’s atelier

  19. Woman Wearing the Rural Costume of Posavina, c.1930

  20. Woman by the sea 1926

  21. The complex in the Upper Town’s Mletačka ulica (street) comprises the family’s living quarters, the atrium, the artist’s atelier, a garden, and the collection. The entire estate and its collection were donated by Meštrović in a contract made in 1952 as part of the bequest he left to his homeland.

  22. Mother and Child, 1942; wood, unfinished

  23. Young Man Thinking, London, 1915

  24. Head of the Victor Jaszmina Szendrey

  25. Job Zagreb, 1932

  26. Self portrait

  27. La Vecchia (1906-10)

  28. My mother

  29. Vera Cuca Milcinovic Portrait Zagreb, 1906

  30. Olga Mestrovic Feeding Tvrtko, Zagreb, 1925

  31. Olga Mestrovic Feeding Tvrtko, Zagreb, 1925

  32. Madonna and Jesus Cannes, 1917

  33. Mother and child Zagreb, 1922

  34. Mother Teaching a Child to Pray, New York, 1925

  35. Mother Teaching a Child to Pray New York, 1925

  36. Pieta in St. Mark's church

  37. Self portrait Zagreb, 1930

  38. Serbian mythological hero Srdja Zlopogledja Paris, 1908

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