FUNDUS SPOMEN GALERIJE IVANA MEŠTROVIĆA U VRPOLJU

Ivan Meštrović rođen je 15. kolovoza 1883. godine u Vrpolju, u Slavoniji. Hrvatski je kipar, književnik i arhitekt te najistaknutiji kipar hrvatske moderne skulpture i svojedobno vodeća ličnost umjetničkoga života u Hrvatskoj i šire. Prvo je učio i izlagao sa secesionistima, a 1911. je osvojio prvu nagradu za kiparstvo. Nakon što je rat završio Meštrović se vratio u Hrvatsku. Izrađivao je reljefe, aktove, portrete te javne spomenike. Osim što se bavio kiparstvom, slikao je u ulju, pisao eseje, memoare o javnome i političkom životu svojega doba i pripovijetke. U Vrpolju je prvo osnovano kulturno društvo „Ivan Meštrović“, a Spomen galerija Ivana Meštrovića svečano je otvorena 3. lipnja 1972. godine, od početka sa stalnim postavom Meštrovićevih djela. Atelijer Meštrović iz Zagreba je posudio Spomen galeriji 13 Meštrovićevih skulptura dok je Gliptoteka JAZU u Zagrebu posudila 9 Meštrovićevih djela. Osim navedenoga, izloženo je i 16 kopija listova litografija te većeg broja dokumenata i fotografija koji govore o život i radu Ivana Meštrovića. Spomen galerija specijalizirana je samostalna ustanova u kulturi koja svojim djelovanjem i prezentacijom umjetničke građe čuva i njeguje uspomenu na jednog od najvećeg, svjetski poznatog kipara. U galeriji je postavljena stalna izložba radova Ivana Meštrovića koja se sastoji od 35 skulptura u sadri i bronci, 17 kopija Mape crteža litografija nastalih u prvih 40 godina umjetničkog stvaranja Ivana Meštrovića, zbirke dokumenata i fotografija vezanih za život i djelo velikog umjetnika te ostalih radova, plaketa, portreta, medalja poklonjenih Spomen-galeriji od njegovih prijatelja i učenika.Ivan Meštrović was born on August 15, 1883. in Vrpolje, Slavonia. A Croatian sculptor, writer and architect, and is the most prominent sculptor of Croatian modern sculpture and a leading personality of artistic life in Croatia and beyond. He first taught and exhibited with secesionista, and in 1911. won the first sculpture award. After the war ended, Meštrović returned to Croatia. He made reliefs, bills, portraits and public monuments. In addition to dealing with sculpture, he painted in oil, wrote essays, memoars of the public and political life of his time and tales. The first established cultural society "Ivan Meštrović" was founded in Vrpolje, and Ivan Mestrovic's Memorial Gallery was officially opened on June 3, 1972., from the beginning with the permanent exhibition of Meštrović's works. Atelier Meštrović from Zagreb borrowed a monument to the gallery of 13 Meštrović's sculptures, while Glyptotheque JAZU in Zagreb lent 9 Meštrović's works. In addition, 16 copies of lithographic sheets and a large number of documents and photographs on the life and work of Ivan Meštrović were exhibited. The gallery memorial specializes in an independent institution in the culture that preserves and fosters memories of one of the world's most famous sculptor Ivan Meštrović with his work and presentation of art. In the gallery there is a permanent exhibition of works by Ivan Meštrović, consisting of 35 sculptures in gypsum and bronze, 17 copies of the lithographic drawings created in the first 40 years of Ivan Mestrovic's artistic creation, collections of documents and photographs related to the life and work of a great artist and other works, a plaque, a portrait, a medal given to the Memorial Gallery by his friends and students