Živa Kraus
Živa Kraus (born 4 October 1945 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian painter.
Živa Kraus
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- 4 October 1945
- Birthplace
- Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
- Education
- University of Zagreb
- Occupation
- Painter
- Nationality
- Croatia · Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Živa Kraus (born 4 October 1945 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian painter.
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• Born — 4 October 1945 • Birthplace — Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia • Relatives — Ognjen Kraus (twin brother) • Education — University of Zagreb • Occupation — Painter
Early life
Early life
Kraus was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, father Ivo Kraus and mother Herma (née Delpin). Her twin brother is Ognjen Kraus, president of the Jewish community in Zagreb.
Education and later years
Education and later years
She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, where she organized her first solo exhibition. In 1970, Kraus was an assistant to Peggy Guggenheim. Kraus is the owner of the Ikona gallery in Venice, Italy, where she came in 1971 and in which city she currently resides.
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1945
Živa Kraus was born in 1945 at Zagreb.
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- 1.4 marzo 2016.
- 2.Živa Kraus, slikarica i galeristica. Zagrebačka galeristica u Veneciji, by Janja Franko. Globus 03.07.2009
- 3.Da Zagabria a Venezia: le immagini di Živa Kraus, di Loredana Bolzan. Quaderni di Insula, n. 18, a. 2004.
- 4.Gradnju sanatorija Merkur u Zajčevoj ulici inicirao je publicist i tajnik Hrvatskog trgovačkog društva Merkur Josip Kraus.
- 5.Plamenko. Ognjen Kraus - život dan medicini i židovskoj tradiciji. Nacional. 3 aprile 2006.
- 6.Židovi koji su izgradili moderni Zagreb. Nacional. 483. 15 febbraio 2005.
- 7.Intima (1965), b/w, Jugoslavia-Televizija Zagreb /
- 8.Maria Gloria Bicocchi, Tra Firenze e Santa Teresa dentro le quinte dell'arte ('73/'87). Art/tapes/22, ed. Il Cavallino, Venezia 2003.
- 9.Film e video d'artista anni '70, esposizione presso AR.RI.VI. - Archivio Ricerca Visiva, Via Botticelli 8/a Milano (1º dicembre 2009 - 28 febbraio 2010) http://www.ar-ri-vi.org/programmazione/archivio/20091201.html
- 10.I video del Cavallino. Tavola rotonda sulle esperienze video italiane degli anni '70 http://www.teknemedia.net/pagine-gialle/artisti/paolo_cardazzo/dettaglio-mostra/13302.html
- 11.La Biennale di Venezia - Gli anni Settanta http://www.labiennale.org/it/arte/storia/anni_settanta.html?back=true
- 12.Da Zagabria a Venezia: le immagini di Živa Kraus / intervista di Loredana Bolzan http://www.insula.it/images/pdf/resource/quadernipdf/Q18-15.pdf
- 13.Dal comunicato stampa della mostra. http://www.ikonavenezia.com
- 14.Iranian art should shout Persian to steal the limelight: Italian expert, Tehran Times, Sunday, May 30, 2010 http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=220432
- 15.Comunicato Stampa del concorso Sustainable living in changing economy, 12 marzo 2011 http://www.bioforenergy.eu/images/stories/concorso-fotografico/cs.conferenza.doc
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