Menci Clement Crnčić (Bruck an der Mur, Austria, April 3, 1865 – Zagreb, November 9, 1930) was a Croatian painter, printmaker, teacher and museum director. He studied painting and drawing in Vienna and Munich, and trained in graphic arts in Vienna, studying etching and engraving. He was the first artist in the Croatian graphic tradition to abandon a strictly linear style and use tonal variation to create contrasting areas of light and shade.
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3 April 1865 Bruck na Muri, Austria-Hungary
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Died |
9 November 1930 (aged 65) Zagreb, Croatia
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Zodiac | Aries |
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