Mira Klobučar (born Mira Ehrlich; July 28, 1888 – died July 10, 1956) was a

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n painter. Klobučar was born in

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on July 28, 1888, to a wealthy

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family of Herman and Marija (

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Eisner) Ehrlich, and was raised with four siblings; Adolf, Ernest, Đuro and

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. After the death of her father, her mother sent her away to gymnasium Sacré Cœur in

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. After gymnasium, she was educated at the

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. Klobučar's body of work was small, because she painted only in particular moments of inspiration. From 1933 to 1940, she held exhibition as a member of the Artists' Club, and as a member of the Croatian Association of Artists. Klobučar was married to Viktor Klobučar, with whom she lived in the villa which was designed by her brother Hugo Ehrlich, a known Croatian architect. Although she was forced to wear yellow star of David on her clothes, Klobučar survived the

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. Hrvatski državni arhiv; Mirjana Jurić; Analitički inventar, Ravnateljstvo ustaškog redarstva – Židovski odsjek 1941-1942; stranica 11; 2005. She died in Zagreb in 1956.

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