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Slava Raškaj
Slava Raškaj (pronounced Slava Rashkay) (2 January 1877 – 29 March 1906) was a Croatian painter, considered to be the greatest Croatian watercolorist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Deaf since birth, Raškaj was schooled in Vienna and Zagreb, where her mentor was the renowned Croatian painter Bela Čikoš Sesija. In the 1890s her works were exhibited around Europe, including at the 1900 Expo in Paris. In her twenties Raškaj was diagnosed with acute depression and was institutionalised for the last three years of
External links.
- "Sve Beline žene: supruga Justina, sluškinja Dora, Slava Raškaj.." (All of Bela's wives: Cousin Justine, maid Dora, Slava Raškaj...) by Patricia Kiš @ "Jutarnji List"
- "Slikar velikih ideja i velikih osjećanja" (A Painter of Great Ideas and Great Emotions) Exhibition notes by Feđa Gavrilović, from "Vijenac", #467, January 26, 2012, @ Matica hrvatska
- Search results for Bela Čikoš Sesija @ "Večernji List"