Anka Krizmanić, also known as Anka Krizmanic-Paulic (1896–1987) was a Croatian painter and

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, and later

scientific illustrator Technical Illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive ...

. She was active between 1910 and 1946.

About

She attended a private painting school at Krizman School of Painting in Zagreb, studying under Tomislav Krizman. She continued her studies between 1913 until 1917 at

Kunstgewerbeschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...

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, Germany, followed by studies in Paris from 1920 until 1930. In 1921 and 1922, she worked on creating

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maps of

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, while staying in that city Her painting work had two major series, one of which was "dance" and was inspired dancers by

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, and

Gertrud Leistikow Gertrud Leistikow (12 September 1885 – 23 November 1948) was a German dancer and choreographer. She is primarily associated with nude and Grotesque dance. Life and work Gertrud Leistikow was born on 12 September 1885 in Bückeburg, Lower S ...

. The other series was "lovers". In 1935, she met German painter (1904–1945) and a romance was started between them. By the beginning of

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(c.1939), the relationship ended. In 1946, she became a scientific illustrator for the School of Medicine in

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, and she lessened her time painting.

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Anka Krizmanić
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Anka Krizmanic
on ArtNet.com 1896 births 1987 deaths Artists from Zagreb Croatian painters Croatian printers Croatian women painters Scientific illustrators {{Croatia-artist-stub