Marino Tartaglia
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Marino Tartaglia was a Croatian
painter
and art teacher, for many years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.
From 1948 he was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award
for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.
, and became interested in painting. He studied drawing with Virgil Meneghello Dinčić. In He enrolled in the Architectural School ( Građevna stručna škola) in Zagreb (1908–1912) where among his teachers were well-known painters: Oton Iveković
, Ivan Tišov
, Robert Frangeš Mihanović
and Bela Čikoš Sesija
. In the turbulent times before the First World War, fearing political persecution, he left for Italy, first to Florence
, then to Rome
, where in 1913 he enrolled in the Instituto Superiore di Belle Arti.
He spent a brief time as a volunteer on the Salonika front, but quickly returned to Rome where he worked an assistant to Ivan Meštrović
, then returned to Florence where he got to know the Futurist artists Carlo Carrà
, Giorgio de Chirico
and others.
Following the war, he spent time in Split (1918–1921), then travelled to Vienna
, Belgrade
, and Paris
. Returning to Zagreb
in 1931, at the request of Vladimir Becić
, Tartaglia started work as a trainee teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a lecturer in 1940, associate professor in 1944, and full professor in 1947. He trained several generations of Croatian painters.
From 1948 he was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
. In 1964, he received the Vladimir Nazor Award
for Lifetime Achievement in the arts. In 1975, he held a retrospective exhibition at the Art Pavilion in Zagreb.
Marino Tartaglia died 21 April 1984 in Zagreb.
- verging on figurative
. Tartaglia was especially impressive in his series of self-portraits which showed signs of expressionism
from 1917, and were completely abstract by the 1960s. His work was spontaneous, with a connection to primitive art, such as that of ancient cave paintings.
of 1940.
Croatia
Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
Serbia
Slovenia
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and art teacher, for many years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.
From 1948 he was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...
. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award
Vladimir Nazor award
The Vladimir Nazor Award is an annual award given by the Croatian Ministry of Culture to Croatian artists for highest achievements in various artistic fields. It was established in 1959 and is named after the notable writer Vladimir Nazor...
for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.
Biography
Marino Tartaglia was born 3 August 1894 in Zagreb. He completed elementary school and the Royal High School in Split. In 1907 he encountered Emanuel VidovićEmanuel Vidović
Emanuel Vidović , was a painter and graphic artist from Split, Croatia.Emanuel Vidović was instrumental in bringing the modern art ideas to Split. From 1900 he was an active member of the Literary-Art Club, and in 1907, together with Ivan Meštrović, he founded the Medulić Society...
, and became interested in painting. He studied drawing with Virgil Meneghello Dinčić. In He enrolled in the Architectural School ( Građevna stručna škola) in Zagreb (1908–1912) where among his teachers were well-known painters: Oton Iveković
Oton Ivekovic
Oton Iveković was one of the foremost Croatian painters. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Painting. He later taught at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts. Iveković largely concerned himself with historical topics as well as some religious themes...
, Ivan Tišov
Ivan Tišov
Ivan Tišov was a Croatian painter. He studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, bringing back ideas of the secession movement to Zagreb...
, Robert Frangeš Mihanović
Robert Frangeš Mihanovic
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović was a Croatian sculptor. He was a pioneer of modern Croatian sculpture. He was also one of the initiators and organizers of the artistic life in Zagreb at the turn of the centuries.-Life:...
and Bela Čikoš Sesija
Bela Cikoš Sesija
Bela Čikoš Sesija ; was a Croatian painter of historical and allegorical scenes at the turn of the 20th century...
. In the turbulent times before the First World War, fearing political persecution, he left for Italy, first to Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, then to Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, where in 1913 he enrolled in the Instituto Superiore di Belle Arti.
He spent a brief time as a volunteer on the Salonika front, but quickly returned to Rome where he worked an assistant to Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrovic
Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...
, then returned to Florence where he got to know the Futurist artists Carlo Carrà
Carlo Carrà
Carlo Carrà was an Italian painter, a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He taught for many years in the city of Milan.-Biography:Carrà was born in...
, Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico was a pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist Italian painter born in Volos, Greece, to a Genovese mother and a Sicilian father. He founded the scuola metafisica art movement...
and others.
Following the war, he spent time in Split (1918–1921), then travelled to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Returning to Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
in 1931, at the request of Vladimir Becić
Vladimir Becić
Vladimir Becić was a Croatian painter, best known for his early work in Munich, which had a strong influence on the direction of modern art in Croatia...
, Tartaglia started work as a trainee teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a lecturer in 1940, associate professor in 1944, and full professor in 1947. He trained several generations of Croatian painters.
From 1948 he was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...
. In 1964, he received the Vladimir Nazor Award
Vladimir Nazor award
The Vladimir Nazor Award is an annual award given by the Croatian Ministry of Culture to Croatian artists for highest achievements in various artistic fields. It was established in 1959 and is named after the notable writer Vladimir Nazor...
for Lifetime Achievement in the arts. In 1975, he held a retrospective exhibition at the Art Pavilion in Zagreb.
Marino Tartaglia died 21 April 1984 in Zagreb.
Legacy
In his early works, Tartaglia showed the influence of Cézanne and the post-Impressionists, while later works the flat colourful masses become almost completely abstractAbstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
- verging on figurative
Figurative
Figurative may refer to:*Figurative art*Figurative language*Neo-figurative art...
. Tartaglia was especially impressive in his series of self-portraits which showed signs of expressionism
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
from 1917, and were completely abstract by the 1960s. His work was spontaneous, with a connection to primitive art, such as that of ancient cave paintings.
Works
- Self-portrait, 1920
- Marjan Through the Olive (Marjan kroz masline) 1920
- Still Life with Statue II (Mrtva priroda s kipom II), 1921
- Combing (Češljanje), 1924
- Still Life with fruits and basket, 1926
- Small Breakwater (Mali lukobran), 1927
- Landscape (Pejsaž), 1928
- Portrait of Mrs Fink I (Portret gđe Fink I), 1935
- My Wife (Moja žena), 1936
- Painter (Slikar), 1966
- Flowers I (Cvijeće I), 1966
Exhibitions
Throughout his sixty year artistic career, Tartaglia held 30 solo exhibitions and over 270 group exhibitions at home and abroad. He participated in the Venice BiennaleVenice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
of 1940.
Solo shows
Selected recent solo exhibitions include- 2009 Marino Tartaglia - Gallery Adris, Rovinj
- 2004 Marino Tartaglia : Retrospektivna izložba - Galerija Umjetnina Split, Split
- 2003 Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
- 1975/6 Retrospective Exhibition at the Art Pavilion in Zagreb
- 1971 Marino Tartaglia - Gallery of Fine Arts, SplitGallery of Fine Arts, SplitThe Gallery of Fine Arts , is an art museum in Split, Croatia containing works from 14th century up to the present day providing an overview of the artistic developments in the local art scene...
- 1964 Marino Tartaglia - Gallery of Fine Arts, SplitGallery of Fine Arts, SplitThe Gallery of Fine Arts , is an art museum in Split, Croatia containing works from 14th century up to the present day providing an overview of the artistic developments in the local art scene...
Group shows
Selected recent group exhibitions include- 2008 From the holdings of the museum - Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2007 Iz fundusa galerije - Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2006 Croatian Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje
Public collections
His work can be found in the following public collectionsCroatia
- Gallery of Fine Arts, SplitGallery of Fine Arts, SplitThe Gallery of Fine Arts , is an art museum in Split, Croatia containing works from 14th century up to the present day providing an overview of the artistic developments in the local art scene...
(Galerija Umjetnina) Split - Museum of Contemporary Art, ZagrebMuseum of Contemporary Art, ZagrebThe Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum located on Dubrovnik Avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the biggest and most modern museum in the country....
(Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti) - Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- Muzej Moslavine, Kutina
Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, SkopjeSkopjeSkopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
Serbia
- Museum of Contemporary Art, BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
Slovenia
- Modern Gallery (Moderna Galerija), LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...