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Ivan Sabolić (24 August 1921 – 25 June 1986) was a
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n sculptor, professor and dean of the
Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb The Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb ( hr, Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu or ALU) is a Croatian art school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic ...
, head master of the workshop in 1975. Sabolić was born in
Peteranec Peteranec is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia, population 2704 (2011 census). As of 2011, there were three census-registered settlements in the municipality: *Komatnica (pop. 61) *Peteranec (pop. 1431) *Sigetec (pop. 12 ...
. Self-taught, he made his first works in clay, including portraits of his father, mother and grandfather, which make up his oldest surviving works. Sabolić was a member of the postwar generation of sculptors who from the mid-20th century sought to escape from the strict framework of socialist realism and commissioned art, and remain faithful to the Croatian tradition. He made a monument of "Three Fists" on a hill in
Bubanj Memorial Park Memorial Park Bubanj ( sr, Мемориjални парк Бубањ, Спомен парк Бубањ, ''Memorijalni park Bubanj, Spomen park Bubanj'') is a World War II memorial complex built to commemorate the shooting and execution of more th ...
, Palilula municipality of
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. It opened on October 14, 1963.Bubanj at www.nistourism.org.rs
Ivan Sabolić died in
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1921 births 1986 deaths People from Peteranec Croatian sculptors Yugoslav sculptors {{Croatia-sculptor-stub