Živa Kraus

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Živa Kraus
File:Ziva kraus.jpg
Born (1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 (age 78)
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Nationality Croat
Alma mater University of Zagreb
Occupation Painter
Relatives Ognjen Kraus
(twin brother)

Živa Kraus (born 4 October 1945 in Zagreb, former SFRY, now Croatia) is a prominent Croatian painter.

Early life

Kraus was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, father Ivo Kraus and mother Herma (née Delpin).[1][2] Her twin brother is Ognjen Kraus, president of the Jewish community in Zagreb.[3]

Education and later years

She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, where she organized her first solo exhibition. In the 1970 Kraus was the assistant to Peggy Guggenheim.[3] Kraus is the owner of the Ikona gallery in Venezia, where she came in 1971.[4] She currently resides in Venezia.

See also

References

  1. Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 101)
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