Jerolim Miše

In addition to being an exhibiting artist, Jerolim Miše taught and encouraged other artists for over 60 years, wrote articles and critiqued visual arts.

• Name — Jerolim Miše • Born — 25 September 1890 • Birthplace — Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 14 September 1970 • Place of death — Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia • Known for — Oil painting, art critic • Training — Rome, Florence • Movement — Modern Art

Jerolim Miše was born on 25 September 1890 in Split. He began to study painting at the craft school in Split, then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, but moved to Rome, and finally Florence where he completed his formal training at the Accademia Internazionale. The move to Rome came after an incident where he published criticism of his teacher Menci Clement Crnčić in the paper Zvono. During his time in Italy (1891–1914), he wrote critiques and reviews of the Italian contemporary arts scene for newspapers and journals back home. He continued to write and publish stimulating articles about the visual arts scene right though his life built up a reputation as an articulate and well informed critic. On the eve of the First World War, Miše returned to Split. During the war he was conscripted, and afterwards spent a number of years (1917–1937) teaching in schools in Krapina, Slavonski Brod and Zagreb. His first solo exhibition was held in 1914 in Split, and from 1917 he participated in the exhibitions of the Spring Salon in Zagreb. During the period 1921-1927 he exhibited with the Independent Group of Artists (Grupa nezavisnih umjetnika) whose other members were Ljubo Babić, Vladimir Becić, Jozo Kljaković, Frano Kršinić, Ivan Meštrović, Marin Studin, Zlatko Šulentić and Vladimir Varlaj. In 1928, he was part of the Group of Four (Grupa četvorice) with (Ljubo Babić, Vladimir Becić and Maksimilijan Vanka) and from 1929 the Group of Three (Grupa Trojice) which consisted of himself, Ljubo Babić and Vladimir Becić. He exhibited abroad in group exhibits in Paris (1919) and London (1930). In 1922 he undertook a study tour of Munich, Berlin and Dresden, where he got to know the work of the old masters, and Cézanne. He visited Paris in 1925 and 1929, events that were crucial in forming his mature artistic style. He painted many portraits, self-portraits and still lifes. He immortalized the landscape of Brač, Šolta, Krk, Korčula and the Dubrovnik region. In 1937, he went to teach at the Academy of Art in Belgrade, until 1943 when he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb where he worked until his retirement in 1961. Jerolim Miše died on 14 September 1970 in Split.

• Self-portrait (Autoportret), 1916 • Portrait of a Bride (Portret zaručnice) • Girl with Melon (Djevojku s dinjom) • Portrait of Ivo Tartaglia (Portret Ive Tartaglie), 1919 • Seascape, Supetar (Primorsku vedutu, Supetar) • Noon in Supetar, (Podne u Supetaru) 1928 • Portrait of the Painter Rački (Portret slikara Račkog), 1929 • Red House (Crvene kuće), 1930 • Noon in Koločep (Podne u Koločepu), 1931 • Young Girl (Djevojčica), 1932 • Grouper (Škarpina), 1934 • May Morning on Lopud (Majsko jutro na Lopudu) • Still life with brushes (Mrtva priroda s kistovima), 1961

During his lifetime, Miše held solo exhibits in Split, Slavonski Brod, Rijeka, Zadar, Zagreb and Belgrade. Selected recent solo exhibitions include • 2008 Jerolim Miše - Gallery Adris, Rovinj • 1990 Jerolim Miše - Art Pavilion, Zagreb • 1970 Jerolim Miše Retrospective - Gallery of Fine Arts, Split

Selected recent group exhibitions include • 2006 Croatian Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje

Jerolim Miše's work can be found in the following public collections Croatia • Gallery of Fine Arts, Split (Galerija Umjetnina) Split • Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti) • Modern Gallery, Zagreb (Galerija Moderna) Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.) • Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje