Ivan Rendić (27 August 1849 – 29 June 1932) was a Croatian sculptor.

Biography

He began sculpting early on in life, thanks to the stoneworking tradition of the island of

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in 1871 and afterwards became a part of the Fiorentine sculpting atelier. Later he mostly lived and worked in

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where he made the bulk of his works. In

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, most of his works were displayed in

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and

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. He was the first famous and educated Croatian sculptor of Modern age. He worked in the Realist style with elements of naturalism, especially in finer details. Rendić made around 200 statues. His most famous works were public monuments raised in honour of famous Croats which remain over all parts of Croatia, for example, his statues of Andrija Medulić, Julije Klović, Krsto I Frankopan,

Ivan Gundulić Dživo Franov Gundulić (; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque literature, Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian national ...

, Nikola Jurišić and August Šenoa at Zrinjevac park in Zagreb, as well as Petar Preradović and

Andrija Kačić Miošić Andrija Kačić Miošić (; 17 April 1704 – 14 December 1760) was a Croatian poet and Franciscan friar, as well as a descendant of the Kačić noble family, one of the oldest and most influential Croatian noble families. Biography Born in ...

also in Zagreb,

Ljudevit Gaj Ljudevit Gaj (; born Ludwig Gay; ; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the central figures of the pan-Slavist Illyrian movement. Biography Origin He was born in Krapina ( ...

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, and busts of

Eugen Kumičić Eugen Kumičić (11 January 1850 – 13 May 1904) was a Croatian writer and politician. Kumičić is one of the most prolific Croatian novelists of the realism era and is considered a pioneer of naturalism in Croatian literature. Biography ...

, emperor

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and others in

Supetar Supetar () is a List of cities and towns in Croatia, town on the northern part of the Dalmatian island of Brač, in the Split-Dalmatia County, in Croatia. It became the island's official centre in 1827. The town of Supetar includes Supetar itself ...

. From 1921 he lived in

, where he attempted in vain to form a school of arts. He finished his life in poverty. Because of its support to the

Illyrian movement The Illyrian movement (; ) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian intellectuals during the first half of the 19th century, around the years of 1835 t ...

and unification of

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with the rest of

, he was the target of attacks of Italianists and Italian expansionists, especially during his work in

Gallery

File:Andrija Medulic.jpg, Andrija Medulić ( Andrea Schiavone) File:Julije Klović (Rendić) - Zrinjevac.jpg, Julije Klović (Giulio Clovio) File:Krsto Frankopan Zrinjevac.jpg, Prince Krsto I Frankopan File:Nikola Jurisic.jpg, Nikola Jurišić File:Zagreb Šenoa Monument.jpg, August Šenoa File:Ljudevit Gaj memorial, Krapina.JPG,

External links

Ivan Rendić Gallery in SupetarShort biographyBusts of the artist in Supetar Library70th anniversary of Rendić's death
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rendic, Ivan 19th-century Croatian sculptors 20th-century Croatian sculptors Sculptors from Austria-Hungary 1849 births 1932 deaths People from Imotski Realist artists People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia

Biography

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