Mirko Rački (13 October 1879 – 21 August 1982) was a

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n painter. Rački was born in Novi Marof, and graduated from the Teacher's Academy in

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. He then went to the private art school of Heinrich Strehblow in

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, then studied at the Academy in

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under Vlaho Bukovac and in

under W. Unger. He lived in

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from 1907 to 1914, then in

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, and finally in Split. His most productive period was when he lived outside Croatia, but he was in permanent contact with Croatian artists ( Izidor Kršnjavi and Ivan Meštrović), and during those times he worked in the spirit of the Vienna Secession. In 1941 Rački was admitted into the

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. Rački's most important collection of work is connected to

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's '' The Divine Comedy'' and he was occupied with these motifs until the end of his life. Some his works were published in the collector's edition of ''The Divine Comedy'' from 1934 in Bergamo. A retrospective exhibition was held in 1970 in Zagreb.

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1879 births 1982 deaths People from Novi Marof 19th-century Croatian painters Croatian male painters Croatian men centenarians Vladimir Nazor Award winners Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Art Nouveau painters Croatian expatriates in Germany Croatian expatriates in Austria Croatian expatriates in Switzerland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy 19th-century Croatian male artists Expatriates from Austria-Hungary in Germany {{croatia-painter-stub