In 1952, a
contract of donation was concluded between
Ivan Meštrović and the People's Republic of Croatia,
by means of which Ivan Meštrović donated to the people
of Croatia his family house and atelier in Zagreb (later
adapted into an exhibition space - the Meštrović
Atelier), the family villa with ateliers in Split
(which later also became an exhibition space - the Ivan
Meštrović Gallery), the sacral and art complex
Kaštelet-Crikvine in Split, and the Meštrović
family vault - The Most Holy Redeemer Church
near Otavice. The donation also included several Meštrović's
works of art, today the bases of the museum holdings
of the mentioned institutions.
Until 1991, the Meštrović Gallery
in Split (which included the Kaštelet-Crikvine complex)
functioned as an independent museum, the Meštrović Atelier
was first under the jurisdiction of the Gradska galerija
suvremene umjetnosti (the City Gallery of Contemporary
Art) and later of the Galerije grada Zagreba (the City
of Zagreb Galleries), while The Most Holy Redeemer Church
was under the jurisdiction of the Muzej Drniške Krajine
(the Drniš Region Museum). |
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