Vanja Radauš

Vanja Radauš (29 April 1906 – 24 April 1975) was a Croatian sculptor, painter and writer.

Life

After attending elementary and high school in his home town of Vinkovci, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb from 1924 to 1930. During World War II he participated in the National Liberation movement.

Work His early pieces (up to 1943) show the obvious influence of Rodin and Bourdelle. After the war, he concentrated on several sculptural "cycles" including: Typhus (1956–59), Panopticum Croaticum (1959–61), Man and Limestone (1961–63) and Pillars of Croatian Culture (1969-75). His work ranges in size from medals to large monuments.

Available writings Spomenici Slavonije iz razdoblja xvi do xix stoljeca (Monuments of Slavonia in the Nineteenth Century), Yugoslavian Academy of Science and Arts (1973) Slavonijo, zemljo plemenita (Slavonia, the Noble Land; poetry), Privlacica (1994) Budenje snova (Waking Dreams; poetry), Naklada Levak (2000)