Živa Kraus
Živa Kraus is a Croatian painter.Kraus was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family, father Ivo Kraus and mother Herma. Her twin brother is Ognjen Kraus, president of the Jewish community in Zagreb.She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, where she organized her first solo exhibition. In the 1970 Kraus was the assistant to Peggy Guggenheim. Kraus is the owner of the Ikona gallery in Venice, Italy, where she came in 1971. She currently resides in Venice.
