2025Croatian Fine Arts (C) - Set

Antun Masle – Orašac
Antun Masle (Orašac, 1 September 1919 – Dubrovnik, 20 August 1967) is a modern painter of coloristic expression from Dubrovnik, who, despite having passed away too soon, achieved an impressive oeuvre. He received informal lessons in Dubrovnik from Kosta Strajnić (1887–1977), a painter, art theorist, conservator, museologist and an important figure for the development of modern art in Dubrovnik. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb between 1938 and 1942, and after returning to Dubrovnik he was engaged in teaching work for the remainder of his life. His painting, in terms of its significance, belongs to the corpus of national painting, as do the opuses of Ivo Dulčić (1916–1975) and Đuro Pulitika (1922–2006), his Dubrovnik peers, with whom he shared friendship and a tendency towards a coloristic and expressionist style.