Vera Nikolić Podrinska (June 8, 1886 in

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– March 28, 1972 in Zagreb) was a Croatian painter and

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ess.

Biography

Podrinska was the daughter of baron Vladimir Nikolić and baroness Gabriella ''Ella'' Franziska Maria, née

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. Nikolić was taught painting by the Croatian painter

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from 1900, and in

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by Andre Lhote and :hr:Leo Junek. In 1917 she had her first one-woman show. In 1944 a prison camp was established at her property on Pantovčak street in Zagreb by the government of the

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/ref> At the camp were held American captured pilots. The pilots were allowed to work at Nikolić vineyard and could use her estate to play tennis and listen to music, among other activities. After the war her property was either nationalized or bought up by the ruling Communist Party and Vila Zagorje, an estate of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz, was built. She published the travel book ''Od Zagreba do Bangkoka'' (From Zagreb to Bangkok) in 1957. Nikolić travelled to the

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in 1966 to attend a showing of her works. She was greeted by several of the former prisoners who were held at her estate during

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References

External links

Biography and images of Podrinska's paintings
on ''Croatian Women Painters Born in the 19th Century''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolic Podrinska, Vera Croatian nobility Artists from Zagreb 1886 births 1972 deaths Croatian women painters Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Croatian women artists 20th-century Croatian painters 20th-century women artists 19th-century Croatian nobility 20th-century Croatian nobility