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3 unusual facts about Ivan Meštrović


Frano Supilo

He, Trumbić and Meštrović started the action to free Croats, Serbs and Slovenians from Austro-Hungary and unite them with Serbia and Montenegro.

Immaculata-Lasalle High School

Ivan Meštrović’s Pieta notable sculpture arrived in Miami the same day and was unceremoniously installed facing Biscayne Bay in front of the Immaculata classroom building.

Ivan Meštrović

His son Matthew (Mate) Meštrović is an American university professor of Modern European history and worked as a Contributing Editor of Time magazine, served as a lieutenant in the US Army PsyWar.


House of Bondić

and had an atelier at the Montparnasse, she was friend with Marie Vassilieff and founder of the famous Paris Academie Russe (Academia Vassilieff), and met another Croatian sculptor, Ivan Meštrović.

Marin Studin

In 1929 he married to Ivan Meštrović's sister and ten years later was appointed as a professor at the Academy of Art in Belgrade.

Meštrović Pavilion

Meštrović Pavilion, officially Home of Croatian artists (colloquially known as Džamija, mosque) is a building located on Žrtava Fašizma Square (Victims of Fascism) in central Zagreb, Croatia, designed by Ivan Meštrović and built in 1938, that has served several functions in its lifetime.

The Bowman and The Spearman

The sculptures were made in Zagreb by Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović and installed at the entrance of the parkway in 1928.


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