Josip Račić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josip Račić

Croatian painter

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1885

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1908

Profession: painter

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Josip Racic (22 March 1885 – 19 June 1908) was a Croatian painter in the early 20th century.
Although he died very young (he was only 23), and his work was mostly created during his student years, he is one of the best known modern Croatian painters.
Today, Racic is regarded as one of the most important representatives of Croatian modern painting.He studied lithography in Zagreb, and 1904 he went to Vienna and Munich, where he studied for a year at the school of the Slovene painter and teacher Anton Ažbe, followed by 3 years at the prestigious Academy of Arts.
There, Racic, along with Oskar Herman, Vladimir Becic and Miroslav Kraljevic formed the group known as the Croatian School.
In 1908, he went to Paris where he painted a series of watercolors and oils depicting Parisian bridges, avenues and parks.
He died of a gunshot wound in a Paris hotel room in June 1908, having committed suicide.Josip Racic is one of the founders of modern Croatian art, the first to bring the concept of self-awareness and artistic integrity to his life and works, "pure painting", as he called it.
A particular feature of his paintings is the strong dark realms of human spirituality.
A retrospective of his work was held in the Modern Gallery in Zagreb and Dubrovnik in 2008-2009, to mark the 100th anniversary of the artist's death.



Alternative names	Josef Racic Josip Racic
Description	Yugoslavian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	22 March 1885	19 June 1908
Location of birth/death	Zagreb	Paris
Authority control	: Q1266850 VIAF: 22979516 ISNI: 0000 0000 6680 9487 ULAN: 500347171 LCCN: nr90009974 GND: 120727110 WorldCat