Mladen Veža (7 February 1916 – 19 February 2010) was a Croatian painter. He was born in

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. He graduated from the Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts under

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in 1937.Mladen Veža - Humanitarna Zaklada
He subsequently taught at the academy until 1981. In 1938 he was part of the first exhibition at the Home of Fine Arts ''Half a Century of Croatian Art'', which was blessed by Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac and opened by

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.Mladen Veža - Galerija FER
/ref> He also took part in the ''IV Exhibition of Croatian Artists from the

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'' in 1944. He has had exhibitions in

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, Beograd,

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, Split,

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, and

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.Mladen Veža
/ref> Veža has received many awards and honours, including the Vladimir Nazor Award in 1994.

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* 1916 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Croatian painters Croatian male painters 21st-century Croatian painters 21st-century male artists Vladimir Nazor Award winners Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb alumni Yugoslav painters 20th-century Croatian male artists {{Croatia-painter-stub