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Edo Murtic

Edo Murtić is a renowned painter from Croatia.

Murtić was born on May 4th, 1921, in Velika Pisanica (near Bjelovar, then in Yugoslavia). He moved with his parents to Zagreb early in his childhood, and received his elementary and high school education there, where he also attended the School of Crafts. In 1939, Murtić enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and studied for the next year under Petar Dobrović in Belgrade. Upon returning to Zagreb, he then studied under Ljubo Babić .

Murtić was influenced by socialist ideas since his childhood, and at the outbreak of World War II he became involved in the anti-fascist movement. In the spring of 1944, Murtić joined the liberation forces, where he first began his work as an artist, designing graphics, posters, and books. After the end of the war, Murtić's work was widely recognized, not only in Yugoslavia but worldwide.

Since his first one-man exhibition in Zagreb in 1925, Murtić's artistic style has evolved significantly. His work from the WWII and the post-war period mainly included figurative paintings, while his modern work involves abstract expressionism. He has held over a hundred and fifty standalone exhibitions and participated in around three hundred group exhibitions on all continents.

Murtić is an academician of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a member of the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. As of this writing, Edo Murtić is living in Zagreb and Vrsar in Istra region.

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