Croatian artists timeline.

Also known as Giorgio di Sebenico, Juraj Dalmatinac came from Zadar. Training in Venice which, at this point in the mid-1400s controlled much of Dalmatia, Dalmatinac worked on the Doge’s Palace before being commissioned to construct his life’s work, the Cathedral of St James in Šibenik. As well as being its principal architect, Dalmatinac produced the 72 carved heads you can still see around the façade, engraving his signature at the base of two angels he also added.

Vlaho Bukovac was born in Cavtat, Croatia. His father was an Italian from Genoa,while his mother was of Croatian descent. He received his artistic education in Paris and is probably best known as the painter of the 1895 theatre curtain in the Croatian National Theatre. Bukovac was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Czech Academy of Sciences.

Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. His sculptural strengths are manifested in the lyrical and dramatic expression of the human body. Critics in Europe and the United States ranked him highly in the first half of the 20th century. He is one of the most prominent Croatian artists whose work has at times gained worldwide recognition.

Miroslav Šutej was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist. As well as being exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, his pieces are seen all over the world, for Šutej designed the Croatian flag. Šutej, a former professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, was also responsible for the design of the kuna banknotes that came in after the withdrawal of Croatian dinars following independence, and the distinctive shirts of the national football team.