Ferdo Kovačević (8 April 1870,

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- 1 September 1927, Zagreb) was a Croatian painter and art professor.

Biography

His father was the inventor and

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pioneer, Ferdinand Kovačević. In 1888, he graduated from the technical school in Zagreb. Thanks to a grant, he was able to study at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts until 1893. After that, he trained in Italy. From 1902, he was a drawing teacher at the Forestry Academy then, after 1905, at the Arts and Crafts School. He received the title of Professor there in 1909. He also taught geometry, perspective and decorative painting at the

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; becoming a professor there in 1917 and an

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in 1919. From 1925 to 1926, he served as

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. He was a co-founder of the Society of Croatian Artists. For many years, he exhibited in

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and

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as well as at the

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in Paris. Most of work involved landscapes. In his early period, he was influenced by

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; painting dark forests and cemeteries. Later, he came under the influence of

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; painting river scenes and landscapes with snow. He participated in designing decorations for the

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when it was moved to a new building in 1913 and he was among the artists who provided murals and icons for Križevci Cathedral. His painting, "The Tempest", was used on a Croatian postage stamp in 2017.

Works

File:Alegorija Ferdo Kovačević.JPG, ''Allegory'' File:Kovačević-Tempest.jpg, ''The Tempest'' File:Kovacević-Evening.jpg, ''Evening'' File:Kovačević-Landscape2.jpg, ''Landscape'' File:Kovačević-Rainy.jpg, ''Rainy'' File:Kovačević-Osiers.jpg, ''Willows on the

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'' File:Kovačević-Snowy.jpg, ''Snowy Landscape'' File:Kovačević-Winter.jpg, ''Winter Sun'' File:Zagreb Ferdo Kovacevic HDA 300109.jpg, Painting of

File:Djakovo Ferdo Kovacevic HDA 300109.jpg, An oil painting of

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Sources

Biographical notes
@ the Hrvatska Enciklopedija

@ the Galerija Remek-djela

External links

More works by Kovačević
@ the Galerija Divila {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Ferdo 1870 births 1927 deaths Croatian painters Croatian landscape painters Artists from Zagreb Academic staff of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Artists from Austria-Hungary