Background
Kruno Prijatelj was born in Split, Croatia.
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Kruno Prijatelj
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The formation of Prijatelj took place during the turbulent period of the Second World War he studied art history between Zagreb and Rome, finally he graduated in University of Zagreb in 1946. The following year he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Zagreb, with a thesis Baroque in Split.
Career
Significant was his contribution to the history of art in Dalmatia, as he revealed many previously unknown artists and solving many problems of attribution. At the time he was indisputably one of the greatest connoisseurs of Baroque in Dalmatia, so as to be called Prijatelj od Baroka (Friend of the Baroque). Between 1950 - 1979, he worked as director in Gallery of Fine Arts, Split.
These years were the most fertile of his life, providing a formidable contribution to the knowledge of art history in Croatia.
Kruno Prijatelj was the most important Croatian scholar of his generation in the field of Dalmatian art history, particularly Baroque period. He wrote about great figures of the Dalmatian art, but he also rediscoved lesser-known artists such as Matteo Ponzone.
Courageous its attribution of several works to Biagio di Giorgio da Traù, an itinerant Italian painter with scattered acts between Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Ston and Čiovo. Since 1972, he taught contemporary art history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, as adjunct professor
From 1979, he taught art history at the University of Zadar until his retirement in 1991.
He died in Split 1998.
Membership
Since 1968, he was a regular member of Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.
