Vanja Radauš
{{Short description|Croatian sculptor and artist (1906–1975)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Vanja Radauš
| image = Vanja_Radauš.png
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|04|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vinkovci, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|04|24|1906|04|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
| known_for = Sculpture, Painting
Vanja Radauš (29 April 1906 – 24 April 1975) was a Croatian sculptor, painter and writer.[http://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/trideset-sjajnih-portreta-kipara-koji-je-obiljezio-20-stoljece-clanak-148367 Večernji list: Thirty Brilliant Portrait Sculptors...]
Life
After attending elementary and high school in his home town of Vinkovci, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb from 1924 to 1930.{{cite book | author = Vanja Radauš | title = Kosilica vremena | language = Croatian | publisher = Matica hrvatska | year = 1971 }} During World War II he participated in the National Liberation movement. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1945 to 1969.
In 1975, he committed suicide. He is buried in the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb.[http://www.jutarnji.hr/jelka-radaus--moj-se-muz-sigurno-nije-ubio/223714/ Extensive biography and testimonials @ Jutarnji list]
Work
His early pieces (up to 1943) show the obvious influence of Rodin and Bourdelle. After the war, he concentrated on several sculptural "cycles" including: Typhus (1956–59), Panopticum Croaticum (1959–61), Man and Limestone (1961–63) and Pillars of Croatian Culture (1969-75). His work ranges in size from medals to large monuments.
Available writings
- Spomenici Slavonije iz razdoblja xvi do xix stoljeca (Monuments of Slavonia in the Nineteenth Century), Yugoslavian Academy of Science and Arts (1973)
- Slavonijo, zemljo plemenita (Slavonia, the Noble Land; poetry), Privlacica (1994) {{ISBN|953-156-114-1}}
- Budenje snova (Waking Dreams; poetry), Naklada Levak (2000) {{ISBN|953-178-154-0}}
References
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External links
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- Croatian Postal Service: Commemorative Stamp issue, with an appreciation of his work [http://www.posta.hr/default.aspx?id=3622&m=1135]
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Category:People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Category:20th-century Croatian poets
Category:20th-century Croatian sculptors
Category:20th-century Croatian male writers
Category:Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts