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Archivalia of the month - November 2026

Sculpture Park of the Academy of Fine Arts

With the project of reconstruction of the existing park area and technical arrangement in 1978, and on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the academy's existence, the space in front of the academy building in Ilica 85 got the appearance of today's Sculpture Park of the Academy of Fine Arts. The author of the project was Dragutin Kiš, dipl.ing. forestry.

The park was planned and arranged as early as 1896 during the construction of the Art Studios. Horticultural work, excavation, leveling, transport of humus, landscaping of plantations and all gardening activities were supervised by the royal gardener Vitězslav Durchánek. According to Kršnjavi, fruit trees were planted in the garden around the studio: "so that in the spring there would be motifs for painting, and in autumn something to eat".

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The communication of the pedestrian path (the path to the entrance to the building) and the access to the art foundry are paved with granite cubes. Benches without backrests (stone and oak plank legs) are planned. The project from 1978 also envisaged the placement of stone parts of the former benches in the park.

The sculptures are placed in the space so that it is possible to walk around them, and pedestrian communications preserve the integrity of the space.

The existing greenery is complemented by planting silver-leaved shrubs (wolf thorn, olive trees, etc.) to match the color of the patinated bronze sculptures.

From the trees, it is planned to supplement red maple, linden, apple tree, columnar pedunculate oak, red-flowered hawthorn, etc.

In this, the first phase of the formation of the Sculpture Park of the Academy of Fine Arts, the casting of sculptures by sculptors and professors at the academy of Frangeš, Valdec, Meštrović, Kršinić, Augustinčić and Radauš is planned.

Today, the Sculpture Park of the Academy of Fine Arts houses bronze casts of sculptures by Robert Frangeš Mihanović, Ivo Kerdić, Frane Kršinić, Ivan Meštrović, Valeri Michieli Tomić, Antun Augustinčić, Stanko Jančić, Šime Vulas, Želimir Janeš and Marija Ujević Galetović.