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About Marco Polo, Invisible Cities and Visual Art

Essay on theme of Italo Calvino’s book “Invisible Cities” applied to work of some contemporary artists as well as to work of Edita Pecotic Trying to find the right framework around which to build my essay for the module Themes and Concepts 2’of my Fine art Degree, I visited the …

Drawings of Old Town

Collection of Drawings of Korcula Old Town

Vapor Art Gallery

Vapor Art Gallery is lovely�Korcula art space located in the very Sea Gate medieval Tower�right next to Morska vrata town entrance.�The gallery offers for sale large selection of major Croatian contemporary and modern artists including paintings by�Stipe Nobilo, the local painter, Vasko Lipovac and others gallery Vapor Art Gallery Address: …

Danica (Duna) Peklic – Peyer: Korcula Paintings

Danica (Duna) Peklic – Peyer a Croatian painter born in 1888 visited Korcula on numerous occasions as she owned Villa Peyer in Sveti Nikola street, Korcula. The villa was built by her husband Alfred Peyer, a Croatian architect. She got it as a divorce settlement in 1935. In the late …

The Memorial Collection of Maksimilijan Vanka

The Memorial Collection of Maksimilijan Vanka – views from the outside of the Gallery Inside the Gallery: The Memorial Collection of Maksimilijan Vanka, Korcula Address:� Put sv. Nikole bb,� 20260 Korcula, Croatia. (housed in the building formerly known as Villa Peyer, Korcula) Links: maksimilijan�gardens beach bar about artist maximilian vanka …

Vladimir Varlaj: Painting of Sveti Nikola Church, Korcula (1926)

Vladimir Varlaj: Painting of Sveti Nikola Church, Korcula – painted in 1926 (image printed on the stamp) Vladimir Varlaj (1895-1962) was a Croatian artist, a member of the Group of Four during the Zagreb Spring Salon of the 1920s, and a founder of the Independent Group of Artists. He was …

Korcula in 1486 – painting by Konrad von Grünemberg

This impressive painting was made in 1486 by Konrad von Grünemberg, the German knight and architect who, on his way to the Holy Land, sailed along Dalmatian Coast visiting several places including Korcula and Dubrovnik. In his book “Pilgerreise von Konstanz nach Jeruzalem / Pilgrimage from Konstanz to Jeruzalem he …

Painting of Korcula by Jan Gordon from 1922

Painting of Korcula by Jan Gordon from 1922 – it is actually a picture from his book, “Two vagabonds in the Balkans” from the last chapter when he and his wife visited Korcula in 1922, and stayed for a while. More info about the artist are here: www.janandcoragordon.co.uk other art …

Nasta Rojc: Painting of Korcula

This lovely painting is made by well-known and celebrated Croatian lesbian feminist artist Nasta Rojc when she visited Korcula in 1927. The purpose of her visit was to supervise the building of her yacht Festina Lente which was built in the Korcula shipyard in the mid-1920s. More about her yacht …

Nina Sestanovic – artist from Lumbarda

Nina Sestanovic is an�artist from Lumbarda�- here is a selection of some of her work: Nina Sestanovic- Korcula Beach Nina Sestanovic – Korcula Sunset Exhibition by Nina Sestanovic (2012) Exhibition by Nina Sestanovic (2013)