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Ljubo Babić

Ljubo Babić was a Hungarian art historian, painter and illustrator (1890–1974). He was born at Jastrebarsko and died at Zagreb.

Also recorded as Ljubo Babic; Ljuba Babic; Ljubomir Babić.

Ljubo Babić in brief

Born
1890
Died
1974
Known for
art historian, painter and illustrator
Place of birth
Jastrebarsko
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Ljubo Babic, Ljuba Babic and Ljubomir Babić. His recorded language was Croatian.

Formation and teaching

Ljubo Babić studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. His recorded influences include Menci Clement Crnčić.

Career and activity

Ljubo Babić worked in oil painting. His work is associated with modern art.

He belonged to Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

The Black Flag, held by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, inventory GV 1930.498. Izmedu dva svijeta. Umjetnost kod Hrvata. Review of exporters and importers of Yugoslavia. Ljubo Babić. Izabrana djela. Umjetnost kod Hrvata u XIX. stoljeću.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tertium Comparationis: Pasternak Ljubo Babić-Tintoretto, Neohelicon, 1993. Overpaints and inpainting on the “Black flag” by Ljubo Babić, Ge-conservacion, 2020. Nepoznata slika Ljube Babića u Kaštelima, Peristil, 2015. Otkriti nâs nama samima – Josef Strzygowski i Ljubo Babić, Radovi Instituta za povijest umjetnosti, 2024. „Žena sigurno nema velike snage za ogromne kreativne koncepcije“: Ljubo Babić, umjetnice i kanon, Žene u/o umjetnosti: Zbornik radova znanstvenog skupa „Dani Cvita Fiskovića“ održanog 2021. godine, 2024. Overpaints and inpainting on the “Black flag” by Ljubo Babić, Ge-conservación, 2020. Ljubo Babić’s (1919) Painting as an Example of the Modernist Theme of New Urbanization, Peristil, 2023. Vzpostavljanje nacionalnega izraza v delovanju Kluba neodvisnih slovenskih likovnih umetnikov, Ars & Humanitas, 2015. Idejne granice modernosti: Gamulin, Babić, Focht i Lisinski u Izrazu 1959., Ars Adriatica, 2025. Igor Zidić u sarajevskom Izrazu (1962.), Ars Adriatica, 2021. Otkriti nâs nama samima – Josef Strzygowski i Ljubo Babić, Radovi Instituta za Povijest Umjetnosti, 2023. George Grosz and Croatian Art between the Two World Wars, RIHA Journal, 2011.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Između dva svijeta (1955) — Internet Archive. Oblici umieća Pregled poviesti umjetnosti knjiga prva (1944) — Internet Archive. Zlatni viek španjolskog slikarstva (prikazi i uspomene) (1944) — Internet Archive. Umjetnost kod Hrvata (1943) — Internet Archive. Pod italskim nebom (iz putne bilježnice) (1937) — Internet Archive. Majstori preporoda. Izmedju svietla i sjene (Prikazi i slike) (1943) — Internet Archive. Volumen i prostor (1941) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Ljubo Babić studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. the recorded working language is Croatian.

The field of work recorded is oil painting. The authority associates the name with modern art. Menci Clement Crnčić is recorded as an influence.

Membership is recorded of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Work by Ljubo Babić is recorded in the collections of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.

Distinctions recorded are Vladimir Nazor Award.

Chronology

  1. 1890Ljubo Babić born at Jastrebarsko.
  2. 1937Pod italskim nebom (iz putne bilježnice) digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1943Umjetnost kod Hrvata digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1943Majstori preporoda. Izmedju svietla i sjene (Prikazi i slike) digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1944Oblici umieća Pregled poviesti umjetnosti knjiga prva digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1944Zlatni viek španjolskog slikarstva (prikazi i uspomene) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1955Između dva svijeta digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1974Ljubo Babić died at Zagreb.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    „Žena sigurno nema velike snage za ogromne kreativne koncepcije“: Ljubo Babić, umjetnice i kanon, Žene u/o umjetnosti: Zbornik radova znanstvenog skupa „Dani Cvita Fiskovića“ održanog 2021. godine, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Ljubo Babić (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Otkriti nâs nama samima – Josef Strzygowski i Ljubo Babić, Radovi Instituta za povijest umjetnosti, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Overpaints and inpainting on the “Black flag” by Ljubo Babić, Ge-conservacion, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Tertium Comparationis: Pasternak Ljubo Babić-Tintoretto, Neohelicon, 1993

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 7 articles naming Ljubo Babić.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 7 digitised items catalogued under Ljubo Babić as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1285631: Ljubo Babić

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Ljubo Babić”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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