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Frano Menegello Dinčić also spelled Frano Meneghello Dinčić (
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, 1986) was a Yugoslav medalist and sculptor from
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Biography

He was born into a naval family, originally from
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. He lived in
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where he graduated from the School of Applied Arts and later the Academy Fine Arts in Prague, in the class of Professor Otakar Španiel. He further refined his skills in
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. Before leaving for Belgrade in 1928, he worked from 1922 to 1924 as a lecturer in Split. He was a member of the Society of Fine Artists of Serbia. Menegello's artistic work was accomplished in relief modeling, including plastic portrait painting, which ensured the quality of his portrait medals, memorials, plaques and monuments. Vladeta Vojinović's research shows that the Order of the People's Hero (type 2), created at the ICOM in Zagreb, was designed by Frano Meneghello Dinčić.


Works

* 10 Dinar coin * 20 Dinar coin * Medal of Nada Todorović * Bust of
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, 1933 * Bust of King
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, 1939 * Plaque of
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* Plaque of
Branko Radičević Aleksije "Branko" Radičević ( sr-Cyrl, Алексије Бранко Радичевић, ; 28 March 1824 – 1 July 1853) was a Serbian poet who wrote in the period of Romanticism. Biography Branko Radičević was born in Slavonski Brod on 1 ...
* Plaque of Jovan Sterija Popović * Plaque of
Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...


See also

*
List of painters from Serbia This is a list of notable Serbian painters. A * Nikola Aleksić (1808–1873) * Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855) * Ljubomir Aleksandrović (1828–1890) * Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923) * Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945) * Stojan Arali ...


References

* Translated from Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia: Frano Meneghello Dinčić


Further reading

*Zlamalik, Vinko. ''Dinčić-Menegelo, Frano,'' u: Domljan, Žarko (gl. ur.) ''Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije'', 1. sv. (A–J), Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod »Miroslav Krleža«, 1984., str. 310-311., *Vojinović, Vladeta. ''Frano Menegelo Dinčić'', Društvo istoričara umetnosti Srbije, Beograd, 1988., (ukup. 158 str.) *Todorović, Nada. ''In memoriam : kipar i medaljer Frano Meneghello Dinčić'' // Numizmatičke vijesti, Zagreb, 1986., br. 40, str. 126-127. *Todorović, Nada. ''Medaljerski rad Frana Menegela Dinčića'' // Numizmatičke vijesti, Zagreb, 1964., br. 21., str. 30-37. *R. (novinar) ''Fran Menegelo Dinčić'' // Leskovački glasnik, Leskovac, 1932., god. XII, br. 13, str. 2-3. *Zlamalik, Vinko. ''I. memorijal Ive Kerdića (katalog)'', Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek — Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora, Zagreb, 1980., str. 95-98. * Gamulin, Grgo. ''Hrvatsko slikarstvo XX. stoljeća'', svezak 1., svesci 3-4 (unutar sveska 1.) ''iz Povijesti umjetnosti u Hrvatskoj'', "Naprijed", Zagreb, 1988., str. 305. {{DEFAULTSORT:Menegello Dinčić, Frano Yugoslav sculptors Serbian sculptors Male sculptors Montenegrin sculptors Croatian sculptors 1900 births 1986 deaths Croats of Montenegro