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The museum was founded by two Zagreb-based artists, Olinka Vištica, a film producer, and Dražen Grubišić, a sculptor. [5] After their four-year love relationship came to an end in 2003, the two joked about setting up a museum to house the left-over personal items. [6]
It produces some 30 exhibitions every year and is one of the largest such institutions in the country. [ 3 ] In cooperation with Hungarian National Museum in Budapest , Gallery organised two joint exhibitions: on 800-years of joint cultural heritage in 2020 [ 5 ] and of 19-th century Croatian and Hungarian arts of painting in 2024, as a part of ...
In 1848, the square was renamed to its present name. [2] A large statue of Ban Josip Jelačić on a horse, created by Austrian sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn was installed on 19 October 1866 by Austrian authorities, despite protests from Zagreb councilmen. [citation needed] It also caused unease amongst Hungarians, who saw Jelačić as a traitor.
[3] [4] [5] By 1956 it was known as the Gallery of Primitive Art (Galerija primitivne umjetnosti), and was then part of the Zagreb Municipal Galleries (today the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb). [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Since 1994, in line with a decision by the Croatian Parliament, its title has been the Croatian Museum of Naive Art. [ 7 ]
Founded in 1787, Maksimir Park was the first large public park in South-Eastern Europe, and predates the majority of Europe's public park foundings. [2] The park was opened in 1794 [3] under the initiative of the man for whom it was named, Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac of Zagreb (1752–1827). [2]
The first tram line was opened on September 32, 1891, setting off a vital part of the Zagreb mass transit system. Zagreb today features an extensive tram network with 15 day and 4 night lines running over 117 km (73 mi) of tracks through 255 stations and transporting almost 500,000 passengers per day.