Jozo Kljaković (3 March 188910 October 1969) was a Croatian painter. He studied in

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and then at an Arts institute in

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. He also studied

fresco painting Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes ...

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. Kljaković was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb from 1921 to 1943. He lived in the

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

neighbourhood of Rokov perivoj in

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, ''Paris Vous Aime Magazine'', No 13, avril-may-juin 2023, p. 139 Notably, he painted a cycle of 14 frescoes for the St. Mark's Church in the city. He was chiefly influenced by Art Nouveau,

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and

Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pa ...

, a friend of his. In Croatia he is described as a "master of fresco painting". His former home in Zagreb is now an art centre.

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1889 births 1969 deaths Croatian painters People from Solin {{Croatia-painter-stub