Miroslav Šutej
Miroslav Šutej (29 April 1936 – 13 May 2005) was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist. Šutej was the designer of the modern Croatian flag as well as the banknotes for the Croatian kuna, the Croatian coat of arms, and the jersey pattern of Croatia's national football team and football club Dinamo Zagreb.
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Miroslav Šutej
- Name
- Miroslav Šutej
- Born
- 29 April 1936
- Birthplace
- Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern Croatia)
- Died
- 13 May 2005
- Place of death
- Krapinske Toplice, Croatia
- Field
- Painting, printmaking
- Training
- Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts
- Movement
- Op art
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Croatia
- Occupation
- graphic artist · painter · printmaker
- Fields
- painting
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and University of Zagreb
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Miroslav Šutej (29 April 1936 – 13 May 2005) was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist. Šutej was the designer of the modern Croatian flag as well as the banknotes for the Croatian kuna, the Croatian coat of arms, and the jersey pattern of Croatia's national football team and football club Dinamo Zagreb.
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Miroslav Šutej studied at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. Training under Marijan Detoni is recorded. Mirjana Vodopija is recorded as having studied under Miroslav Šutej. The recorded working language is Croatian. The field of work recorded is painting. Employment is recorded with University of Zagreb. Works named in the authority record are Coat of arms of Croatia. Work by Miroslav Šutej is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Tate and National Gallery of Kosovo. Distinctions recorded are City of Zagreb Award.
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• Name — Miroslav Šutej • Born — 29 April 1936 • Birthplace — Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern Croatia) • Died — 13 May 2005 • Place of death — Krapinske Toplice, Croatia • Field — Painting, printmaking • Training — Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts • Movement — Op art • Works — Coat of arms of Croatia Croatian kuna banknotes
Biography
Biography
Šutej was born in Duga Resa in 1936. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and was an associate in Krsto Hegedušić's master's workshop. Since 1970, Šutej was a professor at the Academy. Šutej became a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1997. Šutej was the designer of the modern Croatian flag as well as the banknotes for the Croatian kuna, the Croatian coat of arms, and the jersey pattern of Croatia's national football team and Dinamo Zagreb.
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