Ivan Rendić
Ivan Rendić | |
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![]() Ivan Rendić, Croatian sculptor | |
Born |
27 August 1849 Imotski, Croatia |
Died |
29 June 1932 Split, Croatia |
Nationality | Croatian |
Education | Venice, Florence |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Andrija Medulić, Julije Klović, Krsto I Frankopan, Ivan Gundulić, Nikola JuriÅ¡ić and August Å enoa at Zrinjevac park in Zagreb, as well as Petar Preradović, Andrija KaÄić MioÅ¡ić also in Zagreb, Ljudevit Gaj in Krapina etc. |
Movement | Realism |
Ivan Rendić (27 August 1849 in Imotski - 29 June 1932 in Split) was a Croatian sculptor.
Biography
He began sculpting early on in life, thanks to the stoneworking tradition of the island of BraÄ, where he was raised. He finished arts school in Venice in 1871 and afterwards became a part of the Fiorentine sculpting atelier. Later he mostly lived and worked in Trieste where he made the bulk of his works. In Croatia, most of his works were displayed in Zagreb and Split.
He was the first famous and educated Croatian sculptor of Modern age. 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, Julije Klović, Krsto I Frankopan, Ivan Gundulić, Nikola JuriÅ¡ić and August Å enoa at Zrinjevac park in Zagreb, as well as Petar Preradović and Andrija KaÄić MioÅ¡ić also in Zagreb, Ljudevit Gaj in Krapina, and busts of Eugen KumiÄić, emperor Franz Joseph I and others in Supetar.
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 the Illyrian movement and unification of Dalmatia with the rest of Croatia, he was the target of attacks of Italianists and Italian expansionists, especially during his work in Trieste.
Gallery
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Prince Krsto I Frankopan
See also
External links
- Ivan Rendić Gallery in Supetar
- Short biography
- Busts of the artist in Supetar Library
- 70th anniversary of Rendić's death
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