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==Education and Career== ==Education and Career==
1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors ], Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable authors. In 1951, he graduated in the master class of professor Antun Augunstincic.<ref name=":0" /> *1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors ], Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable authors. In 1951, he graduated in the master class of professor Antun Augunstincic.<ref name=":0" />


In 1951, he worked in the Krsinic workshop until 1953 when he started his own workshop in Zagreb.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Dusan Dzamonja (1928)|url=http://www.artfact.com/artist/dzamonja-dusan-56ogh4hznn|work=ArtFact|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> *In 1951, he worked in the Krsinic workshop until 1953 when he started his own workshop in Zagreb.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Dusan Dzamonja (1928)|url=http://www.artfact.com/artist/dzamonja-dusan-56ogh4hznn|work=ArtFact|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref>


In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=DUŠAN DŽAMONJA|url=http://www.jusp-jasenovac.hr/Default.aspx?sid=6735|work=PUBLIC INSTITUTION JASENOVAC MEMORIAL AREA|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> *In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=DUŠAN DŽAMONJA|url=http://www.jusp-jasenovac.hr/Default.aspx?sid=6735|work=PUBLIC INSTITUTION JASENOVAC MEMORIAL AREA|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref>


In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=DŽAMONJA SCULPTURE PARK|url=http://www.infovrsar.com/vrsar/experience-and-heritage/dzamonja-sculpture-park/?lang=en|work=VRSAR Inspires|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> *In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=DŽAMONJA SCULPTURE PARK|url=http://www.infovrsar.com/vrsar/experience-and-heritage/dzamonja-sculpture-park/?lang=en|work=VRSAR Inspires|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref>


==Artistic Style== ==Artistic Style==
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He was a recipient of numerous awards and is an academician with both ] and ]. Below is a list of his awards:<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://www.dusan-dzamonja.com/the_sculptor/dus_awards.htm|work=The Art Site of Dušan Džamonja|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref> He was a recipient of numerous awards and is an academician with both ] and ]. Below is a list of his awards:<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://www.dusan-dzamonja.com/the_sculptor/dus_awards.htm|work=The Art Site of Dušan Džamonja|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>


1958 Third and Fourth Award for conceptual design for Memorial in Jaijinci, Yugoslavia *1958 Third and Fourth Award for conceptual design for Memorial in Jaijinci, Yugoslavia
*1959 One of six identical awards on international competition for Monument to the Victims of Dachau, Germany First Award for sculpture, Salon 59, Rijeka, Croatia
*1960 City of Zagreb Award, Croatia
*1961 Premio Morgan's Paint, Rimini, Italy First Award for sculpture, First Triennale of Modern Sculpture, Beograd, Yugoslavia
*1962 Forth Award, National competition for Monument to Revolution in Slavonija, Kamensko, Croatia
*1963 Second Award, IV Biennale, San Marino, Italy
*1965 Gold Medal for artistic activity, Veruchio, Italy
*1968 Second Award on the competition for Monument to Victims of Fascism in Podhum, Rijeka, Croatia First Award for Memorial Ossuary in Barletta, Italy
*1970 First Award for Monument to Revolution, Kozara, Bosnia
*1974 Second Award for design of Memorial Ossuary, Roma, Italy First Award for conceptual design for Memorial to Victory and Fallen Fighters, Sremski Front 944-45, Yugoslavia
*1977 Rembrandt Prize, Goethe Stiftung zu Basel, Switzerland
*1980 Second Award for conceptual design for Monument to Edvard Kardelj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
*1982 Second Award for National Competition for the Monument in Jajinci, Beograd, Yugoslavia
*1983 Third Award, Terceiro Biennale der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden, Germany 1986 Award of the Jury, Biennale of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Croatia


*1990 Second Prize for the design of the Monument on Rhein - Main - Donau Kanal, Germany
1959 One of six identical awards on international competition for Monument to the Victims of Dachau, Germany First Award for sculpture, Salon 59, Rijeka, Croatia

1960 City of Zagreb Award, Croatia

1961 Premio Morgan's Paint, Rimini, Italy First Award for sculpture, First Triennale of Modern Sculpture, Beograd, Yugoslavia

1962 Forth Award, National competition for Monument to Revolution in Slavonija, Kamensko, Croatia

1963 Second Award, IV Biennale, San Marino, Italy

1965 Gold Medal for artistic activity, Veruchio, Italy

1968 Second Award on the competition for Monument to Victims of Fascism in Podhum, Rijeka, Croatia First Award for Memorial Ossuary in Barletta, Italy

1970 First Award for Monument to Revolution, Kozara, Bosnia

1974 Second Award for design of Memorial Ossuary, Roma, Italy First Award for conceptual design for Memorial to Victory and Fallen Fighters, Sremski Front 944-45, Yugoslavia

1977 Rembrandt Prize, Goethe Stiftung zu Basel, Switzerland

1980 Second Award for conceptual design for Monument to Edvard Kardelj, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1982 Second Award for National Competition for the Monument in Jajinci, Beograd, Yugoslavia

1983 Third Award, Terceiro Biennale der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden, Germany 1986 Award of the Jury, Biennale of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Croatia

1990 Second Prize for the design of the Monument on Rhein - Main - Donau Kanal, Germany


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 16:58, 8 July 2014

Dušan Džamonja
Born(1928-01-31)31 January 1928
Strumica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died14 January 2009(2009-01-14) (aged 80)
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
EducationZagreb Academy of Fine Arts
Known forSculpture
MovementModernism

Dušan Džamonja (Template:Lang-mk, pronounced [duʃan d͡ʒamɔɲa]; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a contemporary Macedonian sculptor of Croatian ancestry.

Monument to the Revolution (1967), World War II memorial in Podgarić, Croatia, one of Džamonja's best-known works.

Education and Career

  • 1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors Vanja Radauš, Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable authors. In 1951, he graduated in the master class of professor Antun Augunstincic.
  • In 1951, he worked in the Krsinic workshop until 1953 when he started his own workshop in Zagreb.
  • In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb.
  • In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.

Artistic Style

Džamonja draws primarily in chalk and uses the technique of washed ink; however, Džamonja leaned towards sculpture, early on. He has used many materials, from bronze and iron to wood, glass, concrete and polyester in his sculptures.

"He developed new ways of using traditional materials; he reconciled the intractability of metal to the fluidity and animation of nature; and , without resorting to narrative, he imbued his architectural monuments with the sensation of human presence…" Jasia Reinchard

Sculpltures and Works

His works are in numerous public and private collections, museums and galleries in the country and abroad. However, his most notable works are:

  • Dušan Džamonja’s Park of Sculptures, near Vrsar, is a famous and cultural tourist attraction.
  • Monument to the Revolution (1967), World War II memorial in Podgarić, Croatia.

He has designed many monumental memorial complexes. These include:

  • the Revolution Memorial in Podgarić,
  • The Memorial Monument in Mrakovica,
  • The Memorial Ossuary to the Fallen Yugoslav Soldiers of the First and Second World Wars in southern Italy, Barletta.

Designed a number of monuments to the Partisans and victims of concentration camps, most notably the Memorial Ossuary at Barletta, near Ban (completed 1970) and the Monument to the Battle of Kozara (completed 1972).

Awards and Accomplishments

He was a recipient of numerous awards and is an academician with both Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Below is a list of his awards:

  • 1958 Third and Fourth Award for conceptual design for Memorial in Jaijinci, Yugoslavia
  • 1959 One of six identical awards on international competition for Monument to the Victims of Dachau, Germany First Award for sculpture, Salon 59, Rijeka, Croatia
  • 1960 City of Zagreb Award, Croatia
  • 1961 Premio Morgan's Paint, Rimini, Italy First Award for sculpture, First Triennale of Modern Sculpture, Beograd, Yugoslavia
  • 1962 Forth Award, National competition for Monument to Revolution in Slavonija, Kamensko, Croatia
  • 1963 Second Award, IV Biennale, San Marino, Italy
  • 1965 Gold Medal for artistic activity, Veruchio, Italy
  • 1968 Second Award on the competition for Monument to Victims of Fascism in Podhum, Rijeka, Croatia First Award for Memorial Ossuary in Barletta, Italy
  • 1970 First Award for Monument to Revolution, Kozara, Bosnia
  • 1974 Second Award for design of Memorial Ossuary, Roma, Italy First Award for conceptual design for Memorial to Victory and Fallen Fighters, Sremski Front 944-45, Yugoslavia
  • 1977 Rembrandt Prize, Goethe Stiftung zu Basel, Switzerland
  • 1980 Second Award for conceptual design for Monument to Edvard Kardelj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 1982 Second Award for National Competition for the Monument in Jajinci, Beograd, Yugoslavia
  • 1983 Third Award, Terceiro Biennale der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden, Germany 1986 Award of the Jury, Biennale of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Croatia
  • 1990 Second Prize for the design of the Monument on Rhein - Main - Donau Kanal, Germany

References

  1. ^ "Top-lista spomenika NOB-u". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 16 May 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Dusan Dzamonja (1928)". ArtFact. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ "DUŠAN DŽAMONJA". PUBLIC INSTITUTION JASENOVAC MEMORIAL AREA. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ "DŽAMONJA SCULPTURE PARK". VRSAR Inspires. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. "Dusan Dzamonja 1928–2009". Tate. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  6. "Awards". The Art Site of Dušan Džamonja. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

External links

Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Visual Arts

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