Dušan Džamonja

Dušan Džamonja studied at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Serbian and Croatian. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Zagreb. Works named in the authority record are Monument to the Revolution of the people of Moslavina. Work by Dušan Džamonja is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Middelheim Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Vladimir Nazor Award.

• Name — Dušan Džamonja • Born — 31 January 1928 • Birthplace — Strumica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 14 January 2009 • Place of death — Zagreb, Croatia • Field — Sculpture • Training — Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts • Movement — Modernism

Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, Macedonia, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors Vanja Radauš, Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable artists. In 1951, he graduated in professor Augustinčić’s master class. He worked in the Kršinić workshop from 1951 until 1953 when he started his workshop in Zagreb. In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb. In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.

Džamonja drew primarily in chalk and used the technique of washed ink; however, he leaned towards sculpture early on. He used many materials, from bronze and iron to wood, glass, concrete and polyester in his sculptures.

His works are in numerous public and private collections, museums, and galleries in the country and abroad. However, his most notable works are: • Dušan Džamonja's Park of Sculptures, near Vrsar, is a famous and cultural tourist attraction. • Monument to the Revolution (1967), World War II memorial in Podgarić, Croatia. He designed many monumental memorial complexes. These include: • The Revolution Memorial in Podgarić, Croatia. • Monument to the Revolution on Mrakovica Mountain, Kozara National Park, Republika Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina. • The Memorial Ossuary to the Fallen Yugoslav Soldiers of the First and Second World Wars in southern Italy, Barletta. He designed several monuments to the Partisans and victims of concentration camps, most notably the Memorial Ossuary at Barletta, near Ban (completed 1970) and the Monument to the Battle of Kozara (completed 1972).