Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
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Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu (ALU) | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1907 |
Dean | Tomislav Buntak |
Students | 365 |
Location | , 45°48′44″N 15°57′45″E / 45.8121°N 15.9624°E |
Website | alu.hr |
The Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb (Croatian: Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu or ALU) is a Croatian art school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic Art (ADU) and the Academy of Music (MUZA).
The Academy was established in June 1907 as the Royal College for Arts and Crafts
Since 1926 the architecture department was briefly active at the academy, and was headed by Drago Ibler. The graphic arts department was established in 1956, the restoration department in 1997 and the department for animation and new media in 1998.
Today the academy has six departments,[1] with a total of 365 students enrolled.
Organisation
The Academy currently has six departments:
- Painting department
- Graphic arts department
- Sculpting department
- Art educationdepartment
- Conservation-restorationdepartment
- Animation and new media department
Notable faculty
- Antun Augustinčić
- Vladimir Becić
- Robert Frangeš Mihanović
- Drago Ibler
- Oton Iveković
- Frano Kršinić
- Ivan Meštrović
- Ivan Ladislav Galeta
- Ivan Sabolić
- Miroslav Šutej
- Milan Trenc
- Maksimilijan Vanka
Notable alumni
- Marina Abramović
- Otti Berger
- Ivica Buljan
- Vera Dajht-Kralj
- Marta Ehrlich
- Oton Gliha
- Fadil Hadžić
- Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Živa Kraus
- Edo Murtić
- Stjepan Planić
- Dimitrije Popović
- Vanja Radauš
- Željko Senečić
- Goran Trbuljak
- Ivana Tomljenović-Meller
- Seka Severin de Tudja
References
- ^ a b "History of the Academy". www.alu.unizg.hr. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
External links
- Official website (in Croatian)