Ivan MestrovicAmerican, 1883–1962Indian Head
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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- Accession number
- 1926.2197
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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Meanwhile, in the life of Ivan Mestrovic
The whole life6 February 1912 – 18 February 1924 · Membership
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
1918–1941
Commissions from the Karađorđević dynasty
He sculpts numerous works for the Karađorđević dynasty, above all for Alexander I of Yugoslavia: a sphinx, Miloš Obilić, Marko Kraljević, the hero of the Kosovo myth Srđa Zlopogleđa, female counterparts to the Kosovo heroes, and a self-portrait. Most of the commissions rest on the idea of an integral Yugoslav nation; today the works are mostly in the royal compound in Dedinje.
1924
Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
In 1924 he exhibits his work at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
1925
Exhibition in Chicago
In 1925 he exhibits his work in Chicago.
1927
Journey to Egypt and Palestine
In 1927 he travels to Egypt and Palestine.
1927
A design for the coins of the Irish Free State
In 1927 he enters a design for the coins of the Irish Free State; it arrives too late for consideration, but in 1965 it was adopted as the seal of the Central Bank of Ireland.
