Ivo Grbić (artist)

Ivo Grbić (born 25 November 1931) is a Croatian artist. He was born in Dubrovnik and his family roots are drawn from the Župa dubrovačka.

He graduated from his hometown and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb he enrolled in 1951 and graduated from the graphic department in 1956. His professors were Tomislav Krizman, Krsto Hegedušić, Marijan Detoni, and others.[1] Painting Specialist with prof. Antun Mezđjić finished 1958. In addition to painting and graphics, he deals with ceramics and small plastic (medals and plaques), and especially with applied graphics. He is the author of numerous posters, charters, plaques and other visual art for cultural and scientific institutions in Zagreb, Dubrovnik and elsewhere. His works are in numerous private collections and galleries in the country and abroad.

From 1960 to 1982, he was a professor at the graphic arts department of the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb, where he was educated by many today affirmed graphic artists and designers. He has held 31 solo exhibitions and has participated in more than 150 collective exhibitions at home and abroad.[1]

He was awarded the second prize at the competition for the Dubrovnik Summer Festival poster in 1954, the awards for the Dubrovnik Tourist Association plaque, the Dubrovnik Tourist Association's 1987 acknowledgments, and the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award.

He mainly deals with music, old Dubrovnik, folklore, sea and portraits (more than a thousand portraits of artists from Dubrovnik Summer Festival).[1]

In the Serbian-Montenegrin attack on Dubrovnik on 6 December 1991, the palace in which he lived and worked burnt down, along with a small gallery on the ground floor and complete inventory: all paintings, drawings and graphics, ceramics, ethnographic and antique collections, libraries, Written documentation, and many more valuable and beloved items. Later, on the outer walls of the palace, he placed more exhibitions of his works and documents on the suffering of Dubrovnik in 2001.[1][2]

He published the Book of Memories in 2011.[1]

References
  1. "Sjećanja Ive Grbića" [Memories of Ivo Grbić]. Hrvatsko slovo (in Croatian). HINA/HS. 28 October 2011. p. 20.
  2. Brailo, Nensi. "Dubrovnik Under Siege: Artists' Interactions with the Old City During the Yugoslav Army Aggression" (PDF). California College of the Arts. pp. 7–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22.
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