Živa Kraus (born 4 October 1945 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian painter.
Early life
Kraus was born in
Zagreb
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to a
Jew
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ish family, father Ivo Kraus and mother Herma (
née
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Delpin). Her twin brother is
Ognjen Kraus
Dr. Ognjen Kraus (born 4 October 1945) is a Croatian physician, president of the Jewish community Zagreb and the coordinator of the Jewish communities in Croatia.
Family and early life
Ognjen Kraus was born in Zagreb to Jewish parents, Ivo and H ...
, president of the Jewish community in Zagreb.
Education and later years
She studied painting at the
Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb
The Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb ( hr, Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu or ALU) is a Croatian art school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic Art ...
, where she organized her first solo exhibition. In the 1970 Kraus was the assistant to
Peggy Guggenheim
Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim ( ; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with t ...
.
Kraus is the owner of the Ikona gallery in
Venice
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, Italy, where she came in 1971.
She currently resides in Venice.
See also
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Ognjen Kraus
Dr. Ognjen Kraus (born 4 October 1945) is a Croatian physician, president of the Jewish community Zagreb and the coordinator of the Jewish communities in Croatia.
Family and early life
Ognjen Kraus was born in Zagreb to Jewish parents, Ivo and H ...
References
Bibliography
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1945 births
Living people
Artists from Zagreb
Croatian Jews
Croatian people of Czech-Jewish descent
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni
20th-century Croatian painters
21st-century Croatian painters
Jewish painters
Croatian expatriates in Italy