Dušan Džamonja

Dušan Džamonja (, ; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry. Monument to the Revolution (1967), World War II memorial in Podgarić, Croatia, one of Džamonja's best-known works.

Education and career Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, Macedonia, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors Vanja Radauš, Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable artists. In 1951, he graduated in professor Augustinčić’s master class.

In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb. In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.

Artistic style Džamonja drew primarily in chalk and used the technique of washed ink; however, he leaned towards sculpture early on. He used many materials, from bronze and iron to wood, glass, concrete and polyester in his sculptures.

Awards and accomplishments He was a recipient of numerous awards and was an academician with both Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Below is a list of his awards:

1958 Third and Fourth Award for conceptual design for Memorial in Jaijinci, Yugoslavia 1959 One of six identical awards on international competition for Monument to the Victims of Dachau, Germany First Award for sculpture, Salon 59, Rijeka, Croatia 1960 City of Zagreb Award, Croatia 1961 Premio Morgan's Paint, Rimini, Italy First Award for sculpture, First Triennale of Modern Sculpture, Beograd, Yugoslavia 1962 Fourth Award, National competition for Monument to Revolution in Slavonija, Kamensko, Croatia 1963 Second Award, IV Biennale, San Marino, Italy 1965 Gold Medal for artistic activity, Veruchio, Italy 1968 Second Award on the competition for Monument to Victims of Fascism in Podhum, Rijeka, Croatia First Award for Memorial Ossuary in Barletta, Italy 1970 First Award for Monument to Revolution, Kozara, Bosnia 1974 Second Award for design of Memorial Ossuary, Roma, Italy First Award for conceptual design for Memorial to Victory and Fallen Fighters, Sremski Front 1944–45, Yugoslavia 1977 Rembrandt Prize, Goethe Stiftung zu Basel, Switzerland 1980 Second Award for conceptual design for Monument to Edvard Kardelj, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1982 Second Award for National Competition for the Monument in Jajinci, Beograd, Yugoslavia 1983 Third Award, Terceiro Biennale der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden, Germany 1986 Award of the Jury, Biennale of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Croatia 1990 Second Prize for the design of the Monument on Rhein - Main - Donau Kanal, Germany