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Ivka Orešković
1887.
1969.
Education:
Provisional College of Arts and Crafts (Zagreb, 1908-1912)
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| Biography: She was an example of a "star-crossed" person. First she shared in the destinies of senior Austro-Hungarian civil servants who were impoverished after 1918. She tried to live from painting in Zagreb, and when she did not succeed, she took the state exam as an arts teacher and was given a post in Sušak, Rijeka. Since she was physically handicapped (her head was of normal shape, but her body was underdeveloped, with a hump), working with children was hard. However, she overcame all difficulties by autogenous training. She was a polyglot and her greatest joy was travelling through Northern Europe. She was particularly delighted by Holland and Denmark. When the Italians occupied Sušak in 1941, she was transferred to Daruvar, where she remained until retirement, in 1947. She returned to Zagreb and lived in the loft in her sister's house until her death. Her contacts with people were reduced to two painter friends: Mira Marocchino and Elizabeta, countess Drašković of Bisag. The narrow circle of people who knew her used to say, "Even when she was distorted with pain, she never complained". And she died when she said she would, - within two days. |
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