Ivan Meštrović (August 15, 1883 – January 16, 1962) was a Croatian sculptor. He is renowned as possibly the greatest sculptor of religious subject matter since the Renaissance, the first person to have a one man show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sculptor redirects here. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ...

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington D.C.

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Life

Ivan was born in the town of Vrpolje in Slavonia but spent his childhood in a small village of Otavice in the Dalmatian hinterland (both places were in Austria-Hungary at the time). As a child, Meštrović listened to epic poetry, folk songs and historical ballads while he tended sheep, and this inspired him to carve both in wood and stone. Being the son of a religious woman who recited the Bible by heart, he taught himself to read by comparing the text from their copy of the Bible (acquired by his father, the only literate man in the village) and what he heard from his mother, at the age of twelve. Slavonia is a region in eastern Croatia. ... Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, which retells in a continuous narrative the life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons. ... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... The Bible (From Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material), is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ...

At the age of 16, a master stone cutter from Split Pavle Bilinić noticed his talent and he took him as an apprentice. His artistic skills were improved by watching the monumental buildings in the city and his education by the gracious help of Bilinić's wife, who was a high-school teacher. Soon, they found a mine owner from Vienna who paid for Meštrović to move there and be admitted to the Art Academy. Ivan had to quickly learn German from scratch and adjust to the new environment, but he persevered and successfully finished his studies. Split Harbour Split (Italian: Spalato) is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of Croatias Split-Dalmatia county. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ...

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In 1905 he made his first exhibit with the Secession Group in Vienna, noticeably influenced with the Art Nouveau style. His work quickly became popular, even with the likes of Auguste Rodin, and he soon earned enough for him and his wife (since 1904) Ruža Klein to travel to more international exhibitions. Download high resolution version (425x645, 98 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File links The following pages link to this file: Ivan Mestrovic Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (425x645, 98 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File links The following pages link to this file: Ivan Mestrovic Categories: GFDL images ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Alfons Mucha, lithographed poster Dancel (1898). ... Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1908 he moved to Paris and the sculptures made in this period earned him international reputaton. In 1911 he moved to Belgrade, and soon after to Rome where he received the grand prix for the Serbian Pavilion on the 1911 Rome International Exhibition. He remained in Rome to spend four years studying ancient Greek sculpture. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd  listen), is the capital (2003–) of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ...

In the onset of the World War I, after the assassination in Sarajevo, Meštrović tried to move back to Split via Venice, but was dissuaded by threats made because of his political opposition to the Austro-Hungarian authorities. During the war he also travelled to make exhibits in Paris, Cannes, London and in Switzerland. He was one of the members of the Yugoslav Committee. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... A plaque commemorating the exact scene of the Sarajevo Assasination. ... Location within Italy Venice is known for its waterways and gondolas Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Yugoslav Committee (Jugoslavenski odbor) was a political interest group formed by south Slavs from Austria-Hungary during World War I aimed at joining the existing south Slavic nations in an independent state. ...

After the WWI he moved back home to the newly formed Yugoslavia and met the second love of his life, Olga Kesterčanek, whom he married shortly after. They had three children, three of which were born in Zagreb where they settled in 1922. They would later spend the winter months in their mansion in Zagreb and the summer months in a summer house he built by the end of the 1930s in Split. He became a professor and later the director of the Art Institute in Zagreb, and proceeded to build numerous internationally renowned works as well as many donated chapels and churches and grants to art students. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ... Zagreb (pronounced ZAH-greb) is the capital city of Croatia. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

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He continued to travel to post his exhibits around the world: he displayed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York in 1924, in Chicago in 1925, he even traveled to Egypt and Palestine in 1927. Download high resolution version (433x638, 87 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (433x638, 87 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Palestine may refer to: Palestine: A geographical region in the Middle East, centered on Jerusalem. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Being in conflict with both the Italians (since he opposed their irredentism for Dalmatia) and the Germans (since he declined Hitler's invitation to Berlin in the 1930s), he was briefly imprisoned by the Ustaše during the World War II. With help from the Vatican he was released for Venice and Rome, later to Switzerland. Unfortunately not all of his family managed to escape -- his first wife Ruža died in 1942 and many from her Jewish family were killed in the Holocaust. Later, his brother Petar was imprisoned by the emerging Communists, which further depressed the artist. Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian far-right organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II, starting in 1941 and continuing through 1945. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Marshall Tito's Yugoslavia invited Meštrović back but he refused to live in a communist country. In 1946 the Syracuse University offered him professorship and he moved to the United States. Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a major private American research university. ...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally presided over a ceremony granting Meštrović the American citizenship in 1954. He went on to be a professor at the University of Notre Dame in 1955. Order: 34th President Vice President: Richard Nixon Term of office: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 Preceded by: Harry S. Truman Succeeded by: John F. Kennedy Date of birth: October 14, 1890 Place of birth: Denison, Texas Date of death: March 28, 1969 Place of death: Washington, D.C. First... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Not to be confused with the University of Notre Dame Australia University of Notre Dame du Lac The University of Notre Dame (standard name; full legal name University of Notre Dame du Lac) is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA adjacent to the... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History of the Croats, a closeup on the face

Before he died, Meštrović returned to Yugoslavia one last time in order to visit the imprisoned Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac and Tito himself. At the request of various people from his homeland he sent 59 statues from the United States to Yugoslavia (including the monument of Njegoš), and in 1952 even signed off his Croatian estates to the people, including over 400 sculptures and numerous drawings. Mestrovic History of Croats pic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Aloysius/Alojzije Stepinac (born May 8, 1898 in Krašić, Croatia - died on February 10, 1960 in Krašić) was a notable Croatian Prelate. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Petar II Petrović Njegoš (sr-cyr: Петар II Петровић Његош) (November 1, 1813-October 10, 1851) was a Serb poet, ruler of Montenegro (sr-cyr: Црна Гора; sr-lat: Crna Gora) and Serb Orthodox Bishop (sr-cyr: Владика; sr-lat: Vladika) of the Metropolitanate (Bishopric) of Montenegro. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Ultimately, it would be the death of his children that would cause his own. His daughter Marta who moved with him to the US died at the age of 24 in 1949; his son Tvrtko who remained in Zagreb died in 1961. He created four clay sculptures to commemorate his children's death, and a few months later, Ivan Meštrović died at the age of 79 in South Bend, Indiana. According to his own wishes, he was transferred to be buried a mausoleum in Otavice. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... South Bends downtown, with Notre Dame in the upper right. ... A mausoleum is a large and impressive tomb, usually constructed for a deceased leader. ...

Work

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He created over fifty monuments during his two years in Paris (1908-1910). The theme of the Serbian Battle of Kosovo particularly moved him, prompting one of his first great works, the Paris Kosovo Monument, and other works in bronze and stone. A lot of his early work revolved around such epic moments from Slavic history in an attempt to foster the pan-Slavic cause in his native country that was under Austro-Hungarian rule. Download high resolution version (434x646, 42 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (434x646, 42 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (433x646, 77 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (433x646, 77 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Ivan Mestrovic File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... This page is about the Battle of Kosovo of 1389; for other battles, see Battle of Kosovo (disambiguation) The Battle of Kosovo Polje was fought on St. ...

With the creation of the first Yugoslavia, his focus shifted to more mundane topics such as musical instruments or chapels. He particularly oriented himself towards religious items, mostly made of wood, under artistic influence from the Byzantine and Gothic architecture. The most renowned works from the early period are the Crucifix and Madonna; later he became more impressed by Michelangelo Buonarroti and created a large number of stone reliefs, acts, portraits. The 11th-century monastery of Hosios Lukas in Greece is representative of the Byzantine art during the rule of Macedonian dynasty. ... Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ... Michelangelo Buonarroti, by Marcello Venusti Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Act Act may refer to: in law, a written document that attests the legality of the transaction. ...

His most famous monuments include:

• Grgur of Nin in Split
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Zagreb
• Gratitude to France in Belgrade
• Unknown Hero on Avala, Belgrade
• Svetozar Miletić in Novi Sad
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Monument to Unknown Hero, Avala, Belgrade

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, Mount Lovćen, Montenegro

Victor, Belgrade

Galleries including his work include: Josip Juraj Strossmayer (also Joseph Georg Strossmayer; February 4, 1815 – May 8, 1905) was a notable bishop, benefactor and a politician from Croatia. ... Motto: none Executive government Mayor (Gradonačelnik) City council (Skupština Grada) Mayor Maja Gojković Area 235. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Ivan Mestrovic ... Avala is a 511 meters high mountain located southwest of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd  listen), is the capital (2003–) of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ... Petar II Petrović Njegoš (sr-cyr: Петар II Петровић Његош) (November 1, 1813-October 10, 1851) was a Serb poet, ruler of Montenegro (sr-cyr: Црна Гора; sr-lat: Crna Gora) and Serb Orthodox Bishop (sr-cyr: Владика; sr-lat: Vladika) of the Metropolitanate (Bishopric) of Montenegro. ... . Mount Lovćen is a mountain located in the southwest of Montenegro Lovcen, covering 6. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian Capital Podgorica Former Royal Capital Cetinje President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Đukanović Area  – Total  – % water  13,812 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2003)  – Density  616,258  48. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Ivan Mestrovic ...

• the Meštrović gallery in Split, formed after his major donation in 1950, which includes 86 statues in marble, stone, bronze, wood and gypsum, 17 drawings, and also eight bronze statues in the open garden, 28 reliefs in wood in the kaštelet and one stone crucifix
• the "Ivan Meštrović" Memorial Gallery created in 1973 in Vrpolje, his birthplace, with 35 works in bronze and plaster stone
• the People's Museum in Belgrade which holds monuments such as Miloš Obilić, Kosovo girl, Srđa Zlopogleđa, Kraljević Marko, Widow.

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Sources

• Agard, Walter Raymond, The New Architectural Sculpture, Oxford University Press, NY, NY 1935
• Aumonier, W., Modern Architectural Sculpture, The Architectural Press, London 1930
• Casson, Stanley, Some Modern Sculptors, Oxford University Press, London 1929
• Exhibition of Twenty-Five Panels, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University1950*
• Exploring the Mayo Art Collection, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
• Goode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. 1974
• Keckemet, Dusko, Ivan Mestrovic, Publishing House, Beograd, Jugoslavija 1964
• Keckemet, Dusko, Ivan Mestrovic – Split, Mestrovic Gallery Split and Spektar Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1969
• Keckemet, Dusko, Ivan Mestrovic, McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, NY 1970
• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript
• Maryon, Herbert, Modern Sculpture – Its Methods and Ideals, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD. London 1933
• Schmeckebier, Laurence, Ivan Mestrovic – Sculptor and Patriot, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 1959
• The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington D.C. – America’s Tribute to Mary, C. Harrison Conroy Co. In., Newton NJ

External link

• Ivan Meštrović biography (http://archives.syr.edu/arch/faculty/mestbio.htm)
• Ivan Mestrovic Foundation (http://www.mdc.hr/mestrovic/)