Edita Schubert (17 May 1947 – 27 July 2001) was a Croatian painter.

Biography

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In 1971, she graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. She was drawing anatomy at the Anatomy Department of the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, where she started working immediately after graduation.[1] Her early works were entirely realistic, later transitioning into installations made of humble materials combined with painted surfaces. In the early 1980s, during the trend of the transavantgarde style, Edita created a series of large-format works with an unusual painterly expression. In the mid-1980s, she shifted to a geometric phase. In these works, she used acrylic on paper with specific blue and red colors, along with black.

Major Works

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In 1991, Edita created a series of collages, where over a canvas covered with newspaper, she placed black horizontal and vertical lines on pages displaying political commentary and photographs. These works are part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. The artist critiques the influence of censorship through these works.

Her spatial installation, called Ambience questions the position of humans in society. The work consists of six painted self-portraits mounted on photographic tripods.[2]

Legacy

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In her hometown, Virovitica, there is a promenade named after Schubert.[3] Her visual works inspired the decorations on the promenade.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Globus - Crtači leševa". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  2. ^ Kovač, Leonida. "U staklu neprozirnog medija: Edita Schubert". Život umjetnosti. 90 (1) – via hrčak. Ambience discussed the issue of personal identity, contextualizing it through the idea of being produced in various classification systems. In the centre of the exhibition venue, Edita Schubert placed six painted self-portraits onto a camera tripod.
  3. ^ a b Virovitica Podravina County Tourist Board (2024-01-29). "Edita Schubert's Promenade". Turistička zajednica Virovitičko-podravske županije. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
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