An ironic genius on the threshold of modern painting
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter and engraver. He was the most important European artist of his time who exerted a huge influence on the evolution of painting.
The large amount of preserved wall painting in a relatively small area such as Istria is amazing. There are approximately 140 localities, from large and sumptuous fresco cycles to individual scenes and small fragments.
The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters bears the name of its founder and founder, Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer. It is located in the building of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb.
Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (JAZU), 1967.