Drago Jurak

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Drago Jurak

Drago Jurak (17 January 1911 – 1 January 1994) was a Croatian painter who was active during the time of Yugoslavia. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb.[1]

Jurak was schooled for a wheelwright, then worked as a scenographer and carpenter at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb from 1938 to his retirement in 1971. In his free time, he made wooden models of buildings and reliefs using different materials. He started drawing and painting in the 1960s under mentorship of Krsto Hegedušić, and started exhibiting his works in 1967.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Masterpieces of Naive Art". hmnu.org. Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Otvorena izložba Drago Jurak / Gradovi iz snova" [Exhibition "Drago Jurak / Cities of dreams" opened]. hmnu.org. Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2022.