Ivan Sabolić (24 August 1921 – 25 June 1986) was a

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n sculptor, professor and dean of the

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, head master of the workshop in 1975. Sabolić was born in

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. Self-taught, he made his first works in clay, including portraits of his father, mother and grandfather, which make up his oldest surviving works. Sabolić was a member of the postwar generation of sculptors who from the mid-20th century sought to escape from the strict framework of socialist realism and commissioned art, and remain faithful to the Croatian tradition. He made a monument of "Three Fists" on a hill in

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, Palilula municipality of

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Ivan Sabolić died in

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