Rudi Milat
Born in Split in 1960. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1983, in the class of Prof. Petar Jakelić. He works as an art teacher. In his painting he works in combined techniques, recomposing female figures with motifs of ships and the sea.
Painting
In his painting and printmaking Rudi Milat works with combined techniques, creating recomposed images of female figures alongside ships and the sea. His work brings together the visual stories of life with the poetry of living in this region.
Training
He was born in Split in 1960, where he also completed the secondary school of art. He developed his relationship with art throughout his schooling, and in 1983 graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, in the class of Prof. Petar Jakelić.
He works as an art teacher.
Associations
He has taken part in numerous exhibitions organised by the HDLU since his art-school years. He is a member of and collaborator with the HDLU and the “Emanuel Vidović”, “Vlaho Bukovac” and “ART More” associations.
The ART More art association was founded in Split in 2011, and Rudi Milat was its first president. He brought its members together around the variety of their artistic expression and a shared affinity for the sea — all of them born here, living here, by the sea and for the sea.
Solo exhibitions
- 2006 — Detroit, USA
- 2005 — Mala galerija, R.K. “Dobri”, Split
- 2000 — Bol, an exhibition as part of Bolsko lito
Group exhibitions organised by the HDLU
- 1990 — Split, exhibition marking 1,700 years of the city
- 1983 — Split, Salon “Galić” and the Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace
- 1980 — Split, Youth Salon
- 1979 — Split, 31st May Exhibition
Catalogue
Works
01 / 03
Bambina
A girl’s face half-hidden in the crown of an olive tree — a collage in which the figure, a painter’s palette and brush, a tall ship and a gajeta come together in a single composition of the sea.
02 / 03
Rudi Milat
A boat on still water in warm sepia tones — in the distance the outline of a town with its bell tower, its reflection fading into haze.
03 / 03
Rudi Milat
Boats drawn up on a pebble beach beneath the crown of an olive tree — the sea a single dense band of blue, the sky a pale gold.