biography of Ivan MESTROVIC (1883-1962)

Birth place: Vrpolje, Croatia, Yugoslavia

Addresses: Notre Dame, IN; South Bend 17, IN

Profession: Sculptor

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1949-51. Solo (since 1947): Pittsfield, Ma; Colgate Univ.; Syracuse Univ.; Buffalo, NY; Dayton, OH; Wash., DC; Toronto, Ottawa & Montreal, Canada; Notre Dame, IN; Roswell Mus., NM; Mus. FA of Houston; DMFA; El Paso & Lubbock, TX; Am. Acad. Arts & Letters; MMA, 1947. Awards: hon. Ph.D., Wesleyan Univ., Ohio & Illinois; Syracuse Univ.; Colgate Univ.; Notre Dame Univ., 1955; Marquette Univ., 1955; D. Let., Columbia Univ., 1956; Legion of Honor, Paris, France, 1940; medals, Am. Acad. Arts & Letters; Assumption College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Arch. Lg., 1955.

Member: NIAL; NSS; Inst. Arts & Sciences in Belgium, Scotland, Austria, Germany, Roumania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia.

Work: Tate Gal., London, Edinburgh, Scotland; BM; AIC; Rochester, NY; Detroit, MI; Colgate Univ.; Syracuse Mus. FA; Buffalo, NY; Victoria & Albert Mus., London; MusÈe des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Leeds (England) Art Gal.; Birmingham (England) Art Gal.; CAM; Los Angeles Mus. Art; Museo, Montevideo; War Mus., Montreal; Mus. Art, Toronto; Madrid, Barcelona, Spain; Belgrade, Rome, Florence, and in many churches abroad; mon. in Miami & St. Augustine, FL; Honolulu; St. Louis, MO; Rochester, MN; Winnetka, IL; St. Anthony's College, Oxford, England; and in Yugoslavia.

Comments: Teaching: Notre Dame (IN) Univ.

Sources: WW59; Falk, Exh. Record Series. Auth.: Dennoch Will Ich Hoffen, 1945; The Life of Christ (10 reproductions, 1949).

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