Mladen Veža, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mladen Veža

Croatian painter

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1916

Place of Birth: Brist, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Date of Death: 19-Feb-2010

Profession: painter

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mladen Veža (7 February 1916 – 19 February 2010) was a Croatian painter.
He was born in Brist.
He graduated from the Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts under Vladimir Becic in 1937.
He subsequently taught at the academy until 1981.
In 1938 he was part of the first exhibition at the Home of Fine Arts Half a Century of Croatian Art, which was blessed by Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac and opened by Vladko Macek.
He also took part in the IV Exhibition of Croatian Artists from the NDH in 1944.He has had exhibitions in Zagreb, Beograd, Sisak, Maribor, Split, Brist, Sarajevo, Osijek, and Beirut.
Veža has received many awards and honours, including the Vladimir Nazor Award in 1994.