Grgo Gamulin (21 August 1910 – 2 October 1997) was a Yugoslav art historian, literary critic, writer born in Jelsa on the island of

Hvar Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For''; ; ; ) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis (island), Vis and Korčula. Approximately long, with a high east–west ridge of M ...

. Gamulin graduated from the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

in 1935 and lectured there in 1947–1971. He is a co-founder of the Art History Institute of the University of Zagreb and multiple journals (''Ars 37'', ''Radovi Odsjeka za povijest umjetnosti'' ("Works of the Art History Department", ''Život umjetnosti'' ("Life of Art")). Gamulin ranks among the forerunners of the Croatian contemporary art history. He published several novels and plays and translated Italian and French poetry. During the

Croatian Spring The Croatian Spring (), or Maspok, was a political conflict that took place from 1967 to 1971 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As one of six republics comprising Yugoslavi ...

, among many others, Gamulin was accused of stirring up Croatian nationalist views.

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