Croatian painter (1879–1939)
Women in the garden (1918)
Branimir Šenoa (7 August 1879 – 4 December 1939) was a Croatian painter, graphic artist , and art historian .[ 1]
He was born in Zagreb , the son of the prominent writer August Šenoa .[ 1]
In 1910, he married Nasta Rojc with the understanding that the marriage would be in name only .[ 2] : 57 [ 3] : 34 After graduating law and philosophy in Zagreb, he received his PhD in art history in 1912. He attended school of painting by Oton Iveković and a course in graphic design by Menci Clement Crnčić .
He served as the director of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts , and held several positions related to cultural heritage and art. He was a corresponding member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts . He died, aged 60, in Zagreb.
As a painter, his work was focused on landscapes and cityscapes in etchings , sceneries, and illustrations.
References
^ a b "Šenoa, Branko (Branimir)" , Proleksis Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža , December 2013, retrieved 1 January 2014
^ Dimitrijević, Olga; Baker, Catherine (2017). "2. British-Yugoslav Lesbian Networks During and After the Great War". In Baker, Catherine (ed.). Gender in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe and the USSR . London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan . pp. 49–63. ISBN 978-1-137-52803-2 .
^ Zorko, Katarina (2019). Žene slikarice u Hrvatskoj na prijelazu 19. i 20. stoljeća [Women Painters in Croatia at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries ] (Diplomski rad) (in Croatian). Rijeka, Croatia: University of Rijeka . Retrieved 9 June 2023 .