Vanja Radauš (29 April 1906,

Vinkovci Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surround ...

, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia – 24 April 1975) was a Croatian sculptor, painter and writer.Večernji list: Thirty Brilliant Portrait Sculptors...
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Life

After attending elementary and high school in his home town of

, he studied sculpture at the

Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb The Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb ( hr, Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu or ALU) is a Croatian art school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic Art ...

from 1924 to 1930. During World War II he participated in the National Liberation movement. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1945 to 1969. In 1975, he committed suicide. He is buried in the

Mirogoj Cemetery The Mirogoj City Cemetery (, hr, Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery ( hr, Groblje Mirogoj), is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members o ...

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

.Extensive biography and testimonials @ Jutarnji list
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Work

His early pieces (up to 1943) show the obvious influence of Rodin and Bourdelle. After the war, he concentrated on several sculptural "cycles" including: ''Typhus'' (1956–59), ''Panopticum Croaticum'' (1959–61), ''Man and Limestone'' (1961–63) and ''Pillars of Croatian Culture'' (1969-75). His work ranges in size from medals to large monuments.

Available writings

*''Spomenici Slavonije iz razdoblja xvi do xix stoljeca'' (Monuments of Slavonia in the Nineteenth Century), Yugoslavian Academy of Science and Arts (1973) *''Slavonijo, zemljo plemenita'' (Slavonia, the Noble Land; poetry), Privlacica (1994) *''Budenje snova'' (Waking Dreams; poetry), Naklada Levak (2000)

References

External links

*Croatian Postal Service: Commemorative Stamp issue, with an appreciation of his wor

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radaus, Vanja 1906 births 1975 deaths People from Vinkovci People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Croatian male poets 20th-century Croatian poets 20th-century Croatian sculptors 20th-century male writers Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 1975 suicides Suicides in Yugoslavia Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery