(b Vrpolje, 15 Aug 1883; d South Bend, IN, 16 Jan 1962). Croatian sculptor. He studied from 1901 to 1905 at the Akademie der Bildenden K?nste in Vienna, where he was particularly influenced by Otto Wagner, who was one of his teachers, and more generally by the cultural climate embodied by the Secession. He also became interested in the work of Rodin and in Assyrian and Egyptian sculpture, and he demonstrated his commitment to the Yugoslav patriotic movement in his own art. These influences, particularly that of Rodin, are detectable in the symbolism of his early works, such as the Fountain of Life (bronze, 1905; Zagreb, Marshal Tito Square). In the Kosovo Cycle (1908-10; Belgrade, N. Mus.) he presented figures cast in bronze or carved in stone as characters from national myths, emphasizing the anatomy of their robust bodies and the dynamic play of light and shadow.
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