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Omcikus 1890- 1965
Education:
With Ljubo Babic (Zagreb, 1915), with Zlatko Šulentic (
Zagreb). Private study in Florence (1926.)
Provisional College of Arts and Crafts, (Zagreb, 1916/17)
Biography: She lived with her parents on their country estate
at Medak, Lika, Croatia. She was handicapped, pathologically
shunned publicity and remained completely unknown until,
pressed by the painter Zlatko Šulentic, a family friend,
she agreed to participate in the exhibition "Half a
Century of Croatian Art", which brought her recognition.
One oil painting, "Licka krajina" (Lika march)
became a permanent exhibit of the Modern Galerija (Gallery
of Modern Art) in Zagreb. After that she exhibited together
with Anka Krizmanic in Gospic (Farming College, February
1940) and in Split (Galic Art Gallery, March 1940). The
majority of her work disappeared in a fire during the Second
World War when the Omcikus family house at Medak was burnt.
She escaped to Italy where she lived until her death.
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