- Dušan Džamonja
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Dušan Džamonja 
Born 31 January 1928
Strumica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesDied 14 January 2009 (aged 80)
Zagreb, CroatiaNationality Croatian Field Sculpture Training Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Movement Modernism Dušan Džamonja (Macedonian: Душан Џамоња, pronounced [duʃan d͡ʒamɔɲa]; January 31, 1928 – January 14, 2009) was a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.
Spomenik revolucije, a large World War II memorial in Podgarić, Croatia (1967) is one of Džamonja's best-known works.[1]
Džamonja's work shows a tendency towards technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning. This study of new forms led him to use new materials, especially steel and glass, in his sculptures.
Džamonja studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Zagreb under the professors Vanja Radauš, Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable authors. He built ateliers in Zagreb in 1953, Vrsar, Istria (since 1970) and Brussels, Belgium (since 1987).
He was a recipient of numerous awards and is an academician with both Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lived near his three ateliers in Zagreb, Vrsar and Brussels.
He died on January 14, 2009 in Zagreb, aged 80.[2]
References
- ^ "Top-lista spomenika NOB-u" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. May 16, 2009. http://www.jutarnji.hr/top-lista-spomenika-nob-u/205710/. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ "Dušan Džamonja Died Today" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Jan 14, 2009. http://www.jutarnji.hr/umro-je-dusan-dzamonja/283169/. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
External links
- "Dušan Džamonja". artnet.com. http://www.artnet.com/library/02/0243/T024398.asp. Retrieved 2010-02-11. Short biography taken from The Grove Dictionary of Art.
- Rossini, Andrea; Corritore, Nicole (2007-09-11). "L’arte di Dusan Dzamonja" (in Italian). Osservatorio sui Balcani. http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/8206/1/318/. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- Dušan Džamonja Sculpture Park at Vrsar
Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Visual Arts Frano Kršinić (1961) · Marino Tartaglia (1963) · Ljubo Babić / Oton Postružnik (1964) · Oskar Herman (1965) · Vilko Gecan / Mirko Rački (1966) · Jerolim Miše (1968) · Antun Motika / Zlatko Šulentić (1969) · Marijan Detoni / Krsto Hegedušić (1970) · Antun Mezdjić (1971) · Frano Šimunović (1972) · Vilko Šeferov (1973) · Stella Skopal (1974) · Vjekoslav Parać (1975) · Oton Gliha (1976) · Vilim Svečnjak (1977) · Ante Roca / Slavko Šohaj (1978) · Vojin Bakić (1979) · Zlatko Prica / Milan Vulpe (1980) · Edo Kovačević (1981) · Željko Hegedušić / Mira Kovačević-Ovčačik (1982) · Ljubo Ivančić / Oto Reisinger (1983) · Ksenija Kantoci (1984) · Branko Ružić (1985) · Kosta Angeli Radovani (1986) · Ivan Šebalj (1987) · Želimir Janeš (1988) · Šime Perić (1989) · Ferdinand Kulmer (1990) · Ivan Lovrenčić (1991) · Dalibor Parać (1992) · Mladen Veža (1993) · Ivan Picelj (1994) · Milena Lah (1995) · Đuro Pulitika (1996) · Ivan Kožarić (1997) · Nikola Reiser (1998) · Aleksandar Srnec (1999) · Edo Murtić (2000) · Đuro Seder (2001) · Julije Knifer (2002) · Nives Kavurić-Kurtović (2003) · Zlatko Bourek (2004) · Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić (2005) · Josip Vaništa (2006) · Dušan Džamonja (2007) · Nikola Koydl (2008) · Alfred Pal (2009) Šime Vulas (2010)
Categories:- 1928 births
- 2009 deaths
- Croatian sculptors
- Modern sculptors
- Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni
- Vladimir Nazor Award winners
- People from Strumica
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