Kruno Prijatelj

Kruno Prijatelj
Born 1922
Split
Died 1998
Split
Nationality Croatian
Fields Art history
Institutions University of Zagreb, University of Zadar
Known for discovery of Biagio di Giorgio da Traù

Kruno Prijatelj (1922 1998), was a Croatian art historian, art critic and University professor.

He introduced many artists who contributed to art in Dalmatia. Kruno's efforts answered many unsolved topics in Dalmatian art history.

His interest on Baroque in Dalmatia, led him to be called Prijatelj od Baroka (Friend of the Baroque).[1]

Early life

Prijatelj was born in Split, Croatia. He grew up during the Second World War. He studied art history in Zagreb and Rome. Eventually he graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1946. The following year he received his Ph.D. in Zagreb. His thesis was on the Baroque period in Split.

Between 1950 - 1979, he worked as the director in Gallery of Fine Arts in Split. These were his most fertile years. Prijatelj was the most important Croatian scholar of his generation in Dalmatian art history, particularly in the Baroque period.

He wrote about the figures of Dalmatian art, and rediscoved lesser-known artists such as Matteo Ponzone. He attributed several works to Biagio di Giorgio da Traù, an itinerant Italian painter with scattered works between Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Ston and Čiovo.

Beginning in 1972, he taught contemporary art history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, as adjunct professor. From 1979, he taught art history at the University of Zadar until his retirement in 1991. Since 1968, he was a regular member of Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.

He passed away in Split 1998.

Selected works

References

  1. This is an untranslatable play on words in english, since prijatelj in Croatian means friend

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