Renato Percan (29 October 1936 – 21 October 2013) was an

Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...

n painter. Percan was part of the

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-based group ''Labinski atelieri'', which included, among others,

Orlando Mohorović Orlando Mohorović (born 1950 in Labin) is a Croatian artist. He is one of the original members of a group of artists called ''Labinski atelieri''.Vorano, T. Labinski atelieri', Bertoša, Miroslav (ed.) ''Istarska enciklopedija'', Zagreb : Leks ...

. Percan was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the effigy of Marko Marulić in 1996 for his contributions to culture. Percan was a member of the Croatian Society of Fine Arts. He was born in Trget, near Labin, Istria. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of

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in 1966. Percan was in the class of professor

Albert Kinert Albert Kinert (born in 1919 in Vinkovci, Croatia and died in 1987 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Yugoslav artist and illustrator who worked in the media of painting and graphic arts. Under the pseudonym Toma Božić he made a series of comics published ...

. Percan's works have been described as "full of energy and eroticism." His death did not leave a strong echo in the Croatian public.Novi list
Tatjana Gromača Vadanjel: ''Hrvatsko slikarstvo i Renato Percan'', December 7, 2014 (accessed May 13, 2016)

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Croatian painters People from Labin 1936 births 2013 deaths {{Croatia-painter-stub