movement death_date death_place birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
abstract 11 november 1998 zagreb cap martin , france zagreb , budapest croatian painting , graphics 29 january 1925 ferdinand kulmer
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ferdinand kulmer

ferdinand kulmer -lrb- 1925 -- 1998 -rrb- was a croatian abstract painter and teacher .
he studied at the budapest academy of fine arts , the zagreb academy of fine arts , and took special classes with Đuro tiljak .
kulmer worked in the studio of krsto hegedušić , and for many years was a professor at the zagreb academy of fine arts .
kulmer 's paintings tend towards abstract or semi-abstract scenes , with his early compositions based on still life or interiors featuring calligraphic brushwork .
he developed a more heavily textured style , turning later to a looser , more gestural style with mythical themes that includes dancing calligraphic shapes .
he designed costumes for two films by vatroslav mimica and veljko bulajic .
member of the croatian academy of sciences and arts .
in 1990 , kulmer received the vladimir nazor award for lifetime achievement in the visual arts .
