Iva Despić-Simonović, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Iva Despić-Simonović

Yugoslav sculptor

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1891

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1961

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ivana Despic (born Simonovic, 15 August 1891 – 12 July 1961) was a Yugoslav sculptor.
Born in Croatia, Despic-Simonovic was educated in Zagreb, Paris and Munich.
From 1920 until her death she lived mostly in Sarajevo, but also served as the court sculptor in Belgrade.
She was the first sculptor in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and the only one in the interwar period, but faded into obscurity after the Second World War.