- Ivan Rendić
Ivan Rendić (born in
Imotski ,August 27 ,1849 - diedJune 29 ,1932 ) was a Croatian sculptor.He began sculpting early on in life, thanks to the stoneworking tradition of the island of
Brač , where he was raised. He finished arts school inVenice in 1871 and afterwards became a part of the Fioretine sculpting atelier. Afterwards he mostly lived and worked inTriest where he made the bulk of his works. InCroatia , most of his works were displayed inZagreb andSplit .He was the first famous and educated Croatian sculptor. He worked in the Realist style with elements of naturalism, especially in finer details. Rendić made around 200 statues. His most famous works were public monuments raised in honour of famous Croats which remain over all parts of Croatia. For example, his statues of
Andrija Medulić ,Juraj Julije Klović ,Fran Krsto Frankopan ,Ivan Gundulić ,Nikola Jurišić andAugust Šenoa at Zrinjevac park in Zagreb, as well as ofPetar Preradović ,Andrija Kačić Miošić also in Zagreb, and ofLjudevit Gaj inKrapina .From 1921 he lived in
Supetar , where he attempted in vain to form a school of arts. He finished his life in poverty.Because of its support to Croatian renaissance movement and unification of
Dalmatia with the rest ofCroatia , he was the target of attacks of Italianists and Italian expansionists, especially during his work inTriest .
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