Ivan Sabolić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Sabolić

Croatian sculptor

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Peteranec, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Croatia

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1986

Profession: sculptor, university teacher

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ivan Sabolic (24 August 1921 – 25 June 1986) was a Croatian sculptor, professor and dean of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, head master of the workshop in 1975. Sabolic was born in Peteranec.
Self-taught, he made his first works in clay, including portraits of his father, mother and grandfather, which make up his oldest surviving works.
Sabolic was a member of the postwar generation of sculptors who from the mid-20th century sought to escape from the strict framework of socialist realism and commissioned art, and remain faithful to the Croatian tradition. He made a monument of "Three Fists" on a hill in Bubanj Memorial Park, Palilula municipality of Niš.
It opened on October 14, 1963.Ivan Sabolic died in Zagreb.