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Šandor 1879 - 1944
Education:
Royal Academy of Arts (Zagreb, 1918-1924)
Biography: She was born into the family of the innkeeper
Josip from Jasenovac and his wife Marija née Faust. She
attended the Girls' college and the Music School in Zagreb.
In 1900 she married a civil engineer Ivan Šandor (supervisor
of public dykes) and lived in several places in western
Slavonia until the First World War, when she moved to Zagreb.
Her amateur works revealed her exceptional talent which
was discovered by Ferdo Kovacevic, who convinced her to
enrol at the Academy, although she was already 39. After
the regular twelve terms and the "Final Certificate",
she held courses of Fine Art and nude painting in her large
house in the centre of Zagreb, at 9, Hatzova Street. In
1930 she became an active member of the Women's Fine Artists
Club and was also their committed secretary. In this capacity,
she organised the Club's exhibitions and enabled Croatian
women painters to exhibit in Eastern and Central European
capitals. She herself travelled much from Zagreb to Warsaw
(where her sister was married to a Polish general), London
and Paris. She wrote articles and reviews in daily newspapers.
She was successful making tourist posters and organising
the erection of Stations of the Cross at Marija Bistrica.
In Cuba, in 1939, she participated in the Women's World
Congress for Peace and Liberty as the Croatian representative
(together with the writer and theatre director Božena Begovic).
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