Dušan Džamonja was a Yugoslav, Croatian and Serbiansculptor of Serbian ancestry. memorial in Podgarić, Croatia, one of Džamonja's best-known works.|alt=
Education and career
In 1945, Džamonja began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the professors Vanja Radauš, Frano Kršinić and Antun Augustinčić, all notable artists. In 1951, he graduated in the master class of professor Antun Augustinčić. He worked in the Krsinic workshop from 1951 until 1953 when he started his own workshop in Zagreb. In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition in the Salon ULUH in Zagreb. In 1970, he began the construction of his house and workshop in Vrsar, Istria according to his own design.
Artistic style
Džamonja drew primarily in chalk and used the technique of washed ink; however, he leaned towards sculpture early on. He used many materials, from bronze and iron to wood, glass, concrete and polyester in his sculptures.
Works
His works are in numerous public and private collections, museums and galleries in the country and abroad. However, his most notable works are:
Dušan Džamonja’s Park of Sculptures, near Vrsar, is a famous and cultural tourist attraction.
The Memorial Ossuary to the Fallen Yugoslav Soldiers of the First and Second World Wars in southern Italy, Barletta.
He designed a number of monuments to the Partisans and victims of concentration camps, most notably the Memorial Ossuary at Barletta, near Ban and the Monument to the Battle of Kozara.
1958 Third and Fourth Award for conceptual design for Memorial in Jaijinci, Yugoslavia
1959 One of six identical awards on international competition for Monument to the Victims of Dachau, Germany First Award for sculpture, Salon 59, Rijeka, Croatia
1965 Gold Medal for artistic activity, Veruchio, Italy
1968 Second Award on the competition for Monument to Victims of Fascism in Podhum, Rijeka, Croatia First Award for Memorial Ossuary in Barletta, Italy
1970 First Award for Monument to Revolution, Kozara, Bosnia
1974 Second Award for design of Memorial Ossuary, Roma, Italy First Award for conceptual design for Memorial to Victory and Fallen Fighters, Sremski Front 1944-45, Yugoslavia
1980 Second Award for conceptual design for Monument to Edvard Kardelj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1982 Second Award for National Competition for the Monument in Jajinci, Beograd, Yugoslavia
1983 Third Award, Terceiro Biennale der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden, Germany 1986 Award of the Jury, Biennale of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Croatia
1990 Second Prize for the design of the Monument on Rhein - Main - Donau Kanal, Germany