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Vjekoslav Karas (19 May 1821 - 5 July 1858) was a Croatian painter, considered a pioneer of a new era of Croatian painting and art in general.

Life

Born in Karlovac, Croatia, Karas was sent to be educated in Italy in 1838.[1] While in Rome, he drew inspiration from biblical and religious themes, painting Mother with Moses on the river bank. While in Italy he developed a love for music and learned to play the flute and the guitar while composing songs in both Italian and Croatian.[1] He began focusing his craft on portraits, painting Roman woman playing a lute and Roman commoner before returning to Karlovac in 1848.[2] Upon his return, he continued painting portraits and began painting local country life and local folk.[1] He moved to Zagreb and began teaching. From 1851-18522 he traveled to Bosnia where he painted a portrait of Ottoman field marshal and governor Omer-paša Latas and his daughter.[3]

Karas suffered periodically from depression and had even attempted suicide.[4] He briefly stayed with bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Đakovo, but left soon after his suicide attempt.[4] Still suffering from depression and living in poverty, Karas committed suicide by drowning in the Korana river in his native Karlovac.[1]

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vjekoslav Karas.

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  Roman woman playing a lute
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  Mother with Moses on the river bank
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  Child
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  Portrait of Josefine Barac
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  Portrait of Miško Krešić
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  Portrait of Ana Krešić

References

Sources

• Bulat-Simić, Anka (1948). Vjekoslav Karas. Društvo historičara umjetnosti NRH. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

External links

• KARAS, Vjekoslav at lzmk.hr (in Croatian)
• Rođen Vjekoslav Karas (in Croatian)

На других языках

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- [en] Vjekoslav Karas

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[ru] Карас, Векослав

Векослав Карас (хорв. Vjekoslav Karas; 19 мая 1821 (1821-05-19), Карловац, — 5 июля 1858, там же) — хорватский художник.

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