Dubravka Vojnović
Born in Split in 1938. Graduated from the Fine Arts programme in the class of Prof. Ante Kaštelančić. Member of HULU Split and HDLU Zagreb. Works in painting, textile design and unique hand-painted costumes.
Painting and design
A painter and designer with a substantial body of work, Dubravka Vojnović evokes the Mediterranean through her vibrant use of colour, bringing together the landscape and the city’s cultural heritage in a single image. Alongside painting she works in textile design and creates unique hand-painted costumes.
Dubravka Vojnović broadened the understanding of textile design and design for textiles in our community, and in doing so introduced us to a new medium of both artistic and design practice.
— Ivana Šverko, professor of design (translated from the Croatian)
The joy of creating runs equally through all aspects and dimensions of her artistic practice — particularly when one lives and works in the heart of Diocletian’s Palace, which is a source of inspiration to her again and again.
Training
She was born in Split in 1938. She completed the School of Applied Arts in Split, in the painting and decorative arts department, and then graduated from the Fine Arts programme in the class of Prof. Ante Kaštelančić.
She is a member of HULU Split and HDLU Zagreb.
Alongside her continuous and committed painting, as an art educator she passed on to younger generations a love of the fine arts and of this profession.
Exhibitions and projects
She has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, and her work is held in private collections. She has participated in symposia and art colonies in Croatia and internationally, and has taken part in the realisation of many projects and television programmes.
Her solo exhibitions and projects include:
- Painting on Silk
- Textile Design
- The Unique Costume — Prints
- Golden Colours on Silk
- Colour and Costume
- Decoration on Silk
Where her work is held
Her work is held in well-known hotels, in established Split galleries, and in the “Kalete 2” retail centre in Split.
She lives and works in Split.
Catalogue
Works
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Dubravka Vojnović
A group of cypresses before hills broken into rolling planes of blue, violet and yellow.
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Dubravka Vojnović
A landscape broken into bold, almost abstract planes of violet, blue and orange — in the lower part, cypresses, a church with its bell tower and the roofs of houses.
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Dubravka Vojnović
An olive tree bent in the wind — its crown opened into golden-green strokes above the blue.