List of Croatian artists
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This is a list of artists (painters, sculptors, architects and printmakers) who were born and/or were primarily active in Croatia. The artists are sorted by century and then alphabetically by last name.
15th century
- Andrija Aleši (1425–1505); sculptor and architect
- Nikola BožidarevićNikola BožidarevicNikola Božidarević or Nicola Ragusei, was a Croatian painter active in the Republic of Ragusa . He is the most important Croatian artist of the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century.-Life:...
(c. 1460–1517); painter - Lovro DobričevićLovro DobričevićLovro Dobričević was a Croatian painter active primarily in Dubrovnik. He studied art in Venice before returning to Dubrovnik to work...
(c. 1420–1478); painter - Francesco LauranaFrancesco LauranaFrancesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana was a Dalmatian-born sculptor and medallist. He is considered as both Croatian and Italian sculptor.-Life and works:...
(Frane Vranjanin) (c. 1430–1502); sculptor - Giorgio da Sebenico (Juraj Dalmatinac) (c. 1410–1473); sculptor
19th century
- Vlaho BukovacVlaho BukovacVlaho Bukovac was a Croatian painter.-Life:- Early life :Bukovac was born Biagio Faggioni in the town of Cavtat south of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia...
(1855–1922); painter - Menci Klement Crnčić (1865–1930); painter
- Vjekoslav KarasVjekoslav KarasVjekoslav Karas was a Croatian painter, considered a pioneer of a new era of Croatian painting and art in general....
(1821–1858); painter - Celestin Medović (1857–1920); painter
- Slava RaškajSlava RaškajSlava Raškaj was a painter considered to be the greatest Croatian watercolorist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Deaf since birth, Raškaj was schooled in Vienna and Zagreb, where her mentor was the Croatian painter Bela Čikoš Sesija. In the 1890s her works were exhibited around Europe,...
(1877–1906); painter - Ivan RendićIvan RendicIvan Rendić 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 in Venice in 1871 and afterwards became a part of the Fioretine sculpting atelier...
(1849–1932); sculptor - Adolf WaldingerAdolf WaldingerAdolf Ignjo Waldinger was a painter from Osijek, Croatia. He was a member of Osijek's Bürgerliche Zeichenschule drawing school.-Biography:...
(1843–1904); painter
20th century
- Alfred AlbiniAlfred AlbiniAlfred Albini was a Croatian architect. He received a Vladimir Nazor Award for architecture and urban planning....
(1896–1978); architect - Antun AugustinčićAntun AugustincicAntun Augustinčić was a prominent Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...
(1900–1979); sculptor - Viktor AxmannViktor AxmannViktor Axmann was a Croatian architect. He spent most of his life in Osijek, but he died in 1946 in a communist labor camp in Valpovo....
(1878–1946); architect - Ljubo BabićLjubo BabićLjubo Babić , was a Croatian painter, graphic artist, theatrical set and costume designer, teacher, art historian, critic, and museum curator. As an artist, he worked in a variety of media including oils, tempera, watercolour, drawing, etching, and lithography...
(1890-1974); painter, graphic artist, set designer - Robert BaćaRobert BacaRobert Baća is a sculptor and painter. Graduated from the Academy in Zagreb in 1974. He was an assistant at the Antun Augustinčić masterworks. He worked in sculpture and abstract ceramics with associative nuances and accented dimensions. . He also works with coloured porcelain objects...
(b. 1949); painter and sculptor - Vjekoslav BastlVjekoslav BastlVjekoslav "Alojz" Bastl was a Croatian architect known for his diverse secessionist architectural style. His work circulated mostly within the boundaries of Zagreb, where he resided. Later in life, he got heavily influenced by modernism....
(1872–1947); architect - Vladimir BecićVladimir BecićVladimir Becić was a Croatian painter, best known for his early work in Munich, which had a strong influence on the direction of modern art in Croatia...
(1886–1954); painter - Lujo BezerediLujo BezerediLujo Bezeredi was a Croatian-Hungarian sculptor and painter.He was born in Nova, Hungary, but after the death of his parents he moved to Čakovec, Croatia, where he completed his schooling at the public school and teacher's training school. He later studied at the College of Education in Budapest...
(1898–1979); painter - Charles BillichCharles BillichCharles Billich was named Artist of the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the recipient of the 2000 Sport Artist of the Year Award presented annually by the American Sport Art Museum and Archives....
(b. 1934); painter - Bela Čikoš SesijaBela Cikoš SesijaBela Čikoš Sesija ; was a Croatian painter of historical and allegorical scenes at the turn of the 20th century...
(1864–1931); painter - Josip CrnoboriJosip CrnoboriJosip Crnobori was a Croatian painter.Crnobori was born near Pula in Istria in 1907, but his family moved to Vienna in 1915 where he attended primary school...
(1907–2005); painter - Tošo DabacTošo DabacTošo Dabac was a Croatian photographer of international renown. Although his work was often exhibited and prized abroad, Dabac spent nearly his entire working career in Zagreb...
(1907–1970); photographer - Ante DabroAnte DabroAnte Dabro is a Croatian-born Australian artist/sculptor and art teacher who has lived and worked in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory since the late 1960s....
(b. 1938); sculptor - Branislav DeškovićBranislav DeškovićBranislav Dešković was a Croatian sculptor, best known for his expressive animal sculptures, especially his hunting dogs. He is considered the first Impressionist sculptor in Croatia.-Biography:...
(1883–1939); sculptor - Jelena DorotkaJelena DorotkaJelena Hoffmann Dorotka , was a cubist painter. She was the daughter of the countess Maria Malvina de Bonda and Joseph Dorotka von Ehrenwall....
(1876–1965); painter - Dušan DžamonjaDušan DžamonjaDušan Džamonja was a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.Džamonja's work shows a tendency towards technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning...
(1928–2009); sculptor - Robert Frangeš MihanovićRobert Frangeš MihanovicRobert Frangeš-Mihanović was a Croatian sculptor. He was a pioneer of modern Croatian sculpture. He was also one of the initiators and organizers of the artistic life in Zagreb at the turn of the centuries.-Life:...
(1872–1940); sculptor - Vilko GecanVilko GecanVilko Gecan was a Croatian artist, influential in the Zagreb modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s. He is best known for his expressionist paintings and drawings, and for his contributions to the avantgarde magazine Zenit. He showed his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad...
(1894–1973); painter - Ivan GeneralićIvan GeneralicIvan Generalić was a Croatian naïve art painter.Generalić was born in Hlebine near Koprivnica. In elementary school, painting lessons were his greatest joy and as a child he used to earn money...
(1914–1992); painter - Oton GlihaOton GlihaOton Gliha was a Croatian painter of Slovenian descent. He was born on May 21, 1914 in Črnomelj, Slovenia, in a Slovenian family originating from Istra, . The families residence was dictated by his father's civil service. Until the age of ten, he lived in Slavonia, , and later moved to Zagreb...
(1914–1999); painter - Petar GrgecPetar GrgecPetar Grgec was a Croatian Naïve Artist, born in Kloštar Podravski in the region of Podravina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia which is in present day Croatia.Grgec graduated from the Civil Engineering Polytechnic in Pula in 1952...
(1933–2006); painter - Krsto HegedušićKrsto HegedušicKrsto Hegedušić was a Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer. His most famous paintings depict the harsh life of the Croatian peasantry in the manner of naive art...
(1901–1975); painter and illustrator - Oskar HermanOskar HermanOskar Herman was a Croatian Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia.-Biography:...
(1886–1974); painter - Drago IblerDrago IblerDrago Ibler was a Croatian architect and pedagogue.His style can be described as pure simplicity and functional architecture....
(1894–1964); architect - Oton IvekovićOton IvekovicOton Iveković was one of the foremost Croatian painters. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Painting. He later taught at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts. Iveković largely concerned himself with historical topics as well as some religious themes...
(1869–1939); painter - Sanja IvekovićSanja IvekovićSanja Iveković is a Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist. Considered to be one of the leading artists from the former Yugoslavia, she continues to inspire many young female artists.-Biography:...
(born 1949); photographer, sculptor - Đuro Janeković (1912–1989); photographer
- Ignjat JobIgnjat JobIgnjat Job was a Croatian painter from Dubrovnik.He was an important representative of colour expressionism in the art scene of Yugoslavia during the 1930s. His landscapes of Dalmatia are reminiscent of the style of Van Gogh. He is best known for his series of paintings inspired by life on the...
(1895-1936); painter - Vasilije Jordan (b. 1934); painter
- Jozo Kljaković (1889–1969); painter
- Julije KniferJulije KniferJulije Knifer was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group....
(1924–2004); painter - Viktor KovačićViktor KovacicViktor Kovačić was a Croatian architect. His projects are marked with subtle purity of reduced elements of historicism, like in monumental Stock Exchange Palace in Zagreb, 1924...
(1874–1924); architect - Ivan KožarićIvan KožarićIvan Kožarić is a Croatian artist who works primarily with sculpture but also works in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings and installations...
(b. 1921); sculptor - Miroslav KraljevićMiroslav KraljevicMiroslav Kraljević was a Croatian painter, printmaker and sculptor, active in the early part of the 20th century. He is one of the founders of modern art in Croatia....
(1885–1913); painter - Kristijan Kreković
- Frano KršinićFrano KršinićFrano Kršinić was a renowned Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century...
(1897–1982); sculptor - Ivan Lacković CroataIvan Lackovic CroataIvan Lacković Croata was a Croatian naive painter.Lacković was born to a peasant family in the village of Batinske near Kalinovac. After completing his primary education, he worked as a laborer in fields and forests. This self-taught painter made his first watercolors, depicting village life, in...
(1932–2004); painter - Vasko LipovacVasko LipovacVasko Lipovac , was a Croatian painter and sculptor.-Biography:Vasko Lipovac was born on June 14, 1931 in Kotor, Montenegro. After graduating from secondary school in Kotor, he came to Zagreb, Croatia in 1950...
(1931–2006); painter and sculptor - Zvonimir LončarićZvonimir LoncaricZvonimir Lončarić was a Croatian sculptor and painter.In 1955, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts at the University of Zagreb....
(1927–2004); painter and sculptor - Vlado Marijanovic painter
- Ivan MeštrovićIvan MeštrovicIvan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...
(1883–1962); sculptor - Boris Mihovilović Sokol (b. 1957); painter
- Ivan Milat (1922–2009); painter
- Franjo MrazFranjo MrazFranjo Mraz was a notable Croatian artist. Together with Ivan Generalić and Mirko Virius, he is considered a founder of Croatian naive art. His most famous paintings are "Oranje" and "Zima" ....
(1910–1981); painter - Marko MuratMarko MuratMarko Murat was an ethnic Serbian painter. His works were exhibited at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris and the 1911 World's Fair in Rome....
(1864–1944); painter - Edo MurtićEdo MurticEdo Murtić was a painter from Croatia, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphic design, ceramics, mosaics, murals and theatrical set design...
(1921–2005); painter - Oscar NemonOscar NemonOscar Nemon was a Croatian sculptor who was born in Osijek, Croatia, but eventually settled in England. He is best known for his series of more than a dozen public statues of Sir Winston Churchill.-Biography:...
(1906–1985); sculptor - Ordan PetlevskiOrdan PetlevskiOrdan Petlevski was a prominent artist working in the media of painting, drawing, graphic arts and illustration....
(1930–1997); painter - Ivan PiceljIvan PiceljIvan Picelj was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer.Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting by using primary colours and by reducing the shapes to geometric elements. He made sculptures and reliefs in wood and in metal...
(b. 1924); painter - Stjepan PlanićStjepan PlanicStjepan Planić was a Croatian architect. His style can be described as a synthesis of functionalist and organic architecture.-Biography:...
(1900–1980); architect - Vera Nikolić PodrinskaVera Nikolic PodrinskaVera Nikolić Podrinska was a Croatian painter and baroness.She was the daughter of baron Vladimir Nikolić and baronness Elle née Scotti...
(1886–1972); painter - Oton Postružnik (1900–1978); painter
- Đuro Pulitika (1922–2006); painter
- Ivan RabuzinIvan RabuzinIvan Rabuzin was a Croatian naïve artist.Rabuzin's father was a miner, and Ivan was the sixth of his eleven children. Ivan worked as a carpenter for many years, and did not begin painting until 1956, when he was thirty-five years old...
(1921–2008); painter - Josip RačićJosip RačićJosip Račić was a Croatian painter in the early 20th century. Although he died very young , and his work was mostly created when a student, he is one of the best known of the modern Croatian painters...
(1885–1908); painter - Mirko RačkiMirko RackiMirko Rački was a Croatian painter.Rački was born in Novi Marof, and graduated from the Teacher's Academy in Zagreb. He then went to the private art school of H. Strehblow in Vienna, then studied at the Academy in Prague under Vlaho Bukovac and in Vienna under W. Unger...
(1879–1982); painter - Vjenceslav RichterVjenceslav RichterVjenceslav Richter was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design.-Career:...
(1917–2002); architect - Toma RosandićToma RosandicToma Rosandić was a sculptor from Split, Croatia. Together with Ivan Meštrović , he was the most prominent of the Croatian sculptors of his day....
(1878–1958); sculptor - Miljenko StančićMiljenko StančićMiljenko Stančić , was a Croatian painter and graphic artist. He is famous for his vast painting oeuvre of Varaždin cityscapes....
(1926–1977); painter - Miroslav ŠutejMiroslav ŠutejMiroslav Šutej was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist.Šutej was born in Duga Resa in 1936. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and was an associate in Krsto Hegedušić's master's workshop...
(1936–2005); painter and printmaker - Vilim Svečnjak (1906–1993); painter and printmaker
- Marino TartagliaMarino TartagliaMarino Tartaglia was a Croatian painter and art teacher, for many years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.From 1948 he was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.- Biography :Marino...
(1894–1984); painter - Marija Ujević-GaletovićMarija Ujević-GaletovićMarija Ujević Galetović is a Croatian sculptor, but also works in the medium of painting. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.-Work and Artistic Career:...
(b. 1933); sculptor - Milivoj Uzelac (1897–1977); painter
- Maksimilijan VankaMaksimilijan VankaMaksimilijan Vanka , also known as Maxo Vanka, was a Croatian-American artist.Maxo Vanka was born in Croatia in 1889. It is believed that he may have been the illegitimate child of Habsburg nobility. He was sent to live with peasants, but at the age of eight was discovered by his maternal...
(1889–1963); painter - Mladen VežaMladen VežaMladen Veža was a Croatian painter. He was born in Brist. He graduated from the Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts under Vladimir Becić in 1937. He subsequently taught at the academy until 1981...
(1916–2010); painter and illustrator - Mirko ViriusMirko ViriusMirko Virius was a Croatian naive painter. He was one of the three most prominent members of the first generation of the Hlebine School....
(1889–1943); painter