Branko Ružić (sculptor)

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Branko Ružić
Born
Branko Ružić

(1919-03-04)4 March 1919
Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb
Known forPainting, Sculpture
Notable work"Gypsies", "Father", "Alone", "Round table", "Cats"[1]

Branko Ružić (4 March 1919 – 27 November 1997) was a prominent Croatian painter, sculptor and professor at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb
.

Early days

Branko Ružić was born in Slavonski Brod to Katarina (born Blažeković) and Antun Ružić, as the youngest of four children.[2] When he was six years old his parents moved him to Vinkovci where he started school. Ružić showed a passion and skill for drawing from an early age and by the time he was in secondary school, he was already recognized by his art teacher who used to take him, along with his more advanced colleagues (one of them was painter Slavko Kopač), to paint in the open air.[3]

After secondary school, Ružić has attended a few universities before he eventually entered the

paintings in Vinkovci City Museum.[3]

In the next couple of years he successfully participated in numerous exhibitions (including in

Bern
), but soon found painting to be less and less fulfilling. Eventually Ružić completely abandoned painting so he could dedicate himself to sculpting, although he returned to painting later in his career.

In 1956 he sculpted the head "Father", which he considered his first piece of sculpture.[1] In 1959 he held his first solo exhibition of sculptures at the ULUH (Society of Croatian Artists) salon in Zagreb.

Work, career and awards

Branko Ružić, "Memorial to people of Zagreb who fell 1941-1945", Dotrščina, Zagreb, Croatia, 1981

Ružić was known for his famous statement „Everything is a sculpture“. He made his

humor and irony.[2]

In his career Ružić held more than one hundred solo and two hundred collective

Croat ever to win a prize at the Venice Biennale.[3]
His works are exhibited at many galleries and
museums but most of his opus stayed within his family and the Ružić gallery in Slavonski Brod
.

Ružić also wrote about his views and experience in working with children in the book „Children drawing“ (1958). From 1961 to 1985 he was professor in

Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.[1]

The Ružić gallery

Slavonski Brod Fortress

In 1993 the authorities of the city of

sculptors gave of their works for this collection, which makes it the first permanent exhibition of the Croatian modern art of the second half of the 20th century. Diminić, Radovani, Petrić, Džamonja, Srnec, Picelj, Richter, Bourek, Lončarić, Lesiak, Lipovac, Babić, Šebalj, Biffel, Hegedušić, Keser, Kožarić, Drinković, Jordan, Kinert, Parać, Šutej, Labaš, Murtić, Popović are just some of the names presented. The gallery is situated within the Brod Fortress, in the renovated part of the southwestern tract of the Cavalier, on the gross area of 1.800 sq. metres. The Ružić gallery was officially opened on 15 June 2004.[5][6]

Further reading

  1. Mladenka Šolman (1977), "Ružić"
  2. Mladen Pejaković (1996), "Branko Ružić"
  3. Alfred Schmeller (1964), "Rendezvous auf der Bienalle", Kurier Wien
  4. Vijesnik Zagreb (21.6.1964), "Branko Ružić nagrađen na Bijenalu u Veneciji
  5. Richard Walker (1969), "Ružić, arts review, London" p. 656
  6. Igor Zidić (1981), "Branko Ružić, predgovor katalogu", Galerija Schira Zagreb
  7. Branko Ružić (1993), "Tri moje Italije", Vijesnik Zagreb 27.3.1993

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Branko Ružić, Hrvatksa Enciklopedija" [Branko Ružić, Croatian Encyclopedia] (in Croatian). The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Branko Ružić, Scooter". Muzej Moslavine Kutina. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Romana Tekić. "Branko Ružić, galerija remek djela" [Branko Ružić, Master piece gallery] (in Croatian). Galerija remek-djela. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Branko Ružić @ gallery Adris, Rovinj, ISTRA". istra.net. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "About the museum". Galerija Umjetnina Grada Slavonskog Broda. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Donacija suvremenih hrvatskih kipara i slikara" [Donations of contemporary Croatian sculptors and painters] (in Croatian). Galerija umjetnina Grada Slavonskog Broda. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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