Josip Horvat (; 18 February 1904 – 2 June 1945) was a Croatian painter. Horvat was born to Dragutin and Marija Horvat in

Čakovec Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...

. He attended elementary school in Čakovec, and grade school in

Nagykanizsa Nagykanizsa (; hr, Velika Kaniža/Velika Kanjiža, or just ''Kaniža/Kanjiža''; german: Großkirchen, Groß-Kanizsa; it, Canissa; sl, Velika Kaniža; tr, Kanije), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southw ...

and Pest. He then attended the

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

from 1917 to 1923.

Life and work

He started working in

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in 1924, supported by patron Antun Ullrich, and worked there until his death, shortly after the

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. Having been accused of collaboration with authorities of the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...

, he was executed by the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

, without trial. The place of his burial is unknown. Josip Horvat illustrated the following books: * Dragutin Nemet: "Prince Zoran" * Mark Šeparović: "Croatian history grandfather granddaughter" * Milutin Majer: "Tatars in Croatia" He also illustrated novels

Marija Jurić Zagorka Marija Jurić (; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers. Ea ...

coming out in installments in Jutarnji list 1929 to 1931.

Exhibitions

Art Pavilion in Zagreb The Art pavillion in Zagreb ( hr, Umjetnički paviljon u Zagrebu) is an art gallery in Zagreb, Croatia. The pavilion is located on the Lenuci Horseshoe, Donji grad(Zagreb), Lower town area of the city, south of Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square, on th ...

16.-30. XI. 1928.; *Drawing room Ullrich 25. XI. – 4. XII. 1936.; *Drawing room Ullrich 16.-28. II. 1941.; *Strossmayerova galerija 22. VII. – 11. VIII. 1942 "Pictorial impressions from battlefield"; *

22. XI. – 13. XII. 1942. "II Exhibitions Croatian arts in the Independent State of Croatia"; *

10. – 31. X. 1943. "III Exhibitions Croatian arts in the Independent State of Croatia"; *

17. VI. – 9. VII. 1944. "IV Exhibitions Croatian arts in the Independent State of Croatia".

Exhibitions after death

*Historical painting in Croatia", Zagreb 1969. (Picture "Coronation of Croatian king Tomislav", 1938., Croatian Historical Museum) *Towns and countryside on pictures and drawing from 1800. to 1940", Zagreb 1977. (Picture "Old Town

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", 1944. Study for picture overview battle with Sisak, Croatian Historical Museum)

Selected works

File:Krunjenje kralja Tomislava.JPG, ''The Coronation of King Tomislav'', oil on canvas, 1938 File:Kralj Tomislav na prijestolju.JPG, ''King Tomislav at His Throne'', oil on canvas, February 1941. File:Smrt Petra Svacica Bitka pod Gvozdom.JPG, ''The Death of Petar Svačić – The Battle at Gvozd'', 1941, oil on canvas. File:Rijeka014.jpg, ''Petar Kružić Defeats the Turkish Army'', oil on canvas

External links

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Overview of some of the Horvat's paintings

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horvat, Josip 1904 births 1945 deaths Croatian illustrators Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni 20th-century Croatian painters Croatian male painters People from Čakovec People killed by Yugoslav Partisans Executed Croatian collaborators with Nazi Germany History of Čakovec 20th-century Croatian male artists