Vera Dajht-Kralj

Vera Dajht-Kralj
Born (1928-12-11)11 December 1928
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Died 16 May 2014(2014-05-16) (aged 85)
Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality Croat
Alma mater University of Zagreb
Occupation Sculptor

Vera Dajht-Kralj (born Vera Deucht; 11 December 1928 – 16 May 2014) was a Croatian Jewish sculptor.[1][2]

Dajht-Kralj was born on 11 December 1928 in Zagreb to a Jewish family. Her paternal great-grandparents moved to Croatia from Hungary over 200 years ago. Dajht-Kralj great-grandmother was born to a notable Zagreb Jewish family Schwartz. Dajht-Kralj graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. In 1953, she finished her postgraduate education at the Académie des Beaux-Arts. She was a member of the Croatian Association of Artists since 1955. From 1952, Dajht-Kralj participated in more than 70 solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. From 1954 to today, she also made ten monuments and proposed about twenty sculptures ideas for public spaces in Zagreb. In 1991, her sculpture "Prozor" (Window) was accepted and placed at the Tkalčićeva street in Zagreb.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database: Vera Dajht-Kralj". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ↑ HINA (16 May 2014). "U 86. godini umrla poznata kiparica Vera Dajht Kralj" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Bajruši, Robert; Biluš, Marina; Zahtila, Viktor (15 February 2005). "Židovi koji su izgradili moderni Zagreb" [Jews who built modern Zagreb] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  4. ↑ (Croatian) Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Vera Dajht-Kralj, neuhvatljiva stvaralačka moć; stranica 23; broj 105, svibanj / lipanj 2008.
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