Nives Kavurić-Kurtović

Nives Kavurić-Kurtović (18 January 1938 – 30 October 2016) was a Croatian painter and a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She is a recipient of the Order of Danica Hrvatska.

In 1962, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in the class of professor Frano Baća. From 1962 to 1967, she was an associate in the workshop of Krsto Hegedušić. She was a professional artist until 1983, when she became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She was an assistant professor there from 1986, a full professor from 1990, and a professor emeritus of the University of Zagreb from 2007.

In 1997, she became a regular member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Her works are in many private and public collections in Croatia and abroad. 2004 “Vladimir Nazor” prize for a life's work