Marino Tartaglia

Place: Zagreb

Born: 1894

Death: 1984

Biography:

Marino Tartaglia was a renowned Croatian painter and art teacher, born in Zagreb on August 3, 1894. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb for many years and became a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1948. Tartaglia received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.

Early Life and Education

Tartaglia completed his elementary school and the Royal High School in Split. He encountered Emanuel Vidović, which sparked his interest in painting. He studied drawing with Virgil Meneghello Dinčić and later enrolled in the Architectural School in Zagreb, where he was taught by well-known painters such as Oton Iveković, Ivan Tišov, Robert Frangeš Mihanović, and Bela Čikoš Sesija.

Artistic Career

Tartaglia's early works showed the influence of Cézanne and post-Impressionists. His later works became almost completely abstract, verging on figurative. He was especially impressive in his series of self-portraits, which showed signs of expressionism from 1917 and were completely abstract by the 1960s. Some of his notable works include Self-portrait (1917), Marjan Through the Olive (1920), and Still Life with Statue II (1921). For more information on Tartaglia's work, visit Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Legacy and Exhibitions

Throughout his sixty-year artistic career, Tartaglia held 30 solo exhibitions and over 270 group exhibitions at home and abroad. He participated in the Venice Biennale of 1940. His work can be found in public collections such as the Gallery of Fine Arts in Split, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, and the Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik. For more information on Tartaglia's exhibitions, visit Emanuel Vidović.

Marino Tartaglia was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1948.
He received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.
His work is characterized by spontaneous and expressive brushstrokes, with a connection to primitive art.
Tartaglia's paintings can be found in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.

For more information on Marino Tartaglia, visit his page on Virgil Meneghello Dinčić.