Ovo malo slavonsko selo čini posebnim što je u njemu 15. kolovoza 1883. godine rođen Ivan Meštrović, hrvatski kipar svjetskog glasa.
Nakon godinu dana života u Vrpolju, s roditeljima se vratio u svoj dalmatinski zavičaj, selo Otavice.
Vrpolje s ponosom čuva uspomenu na velikog umjetnika. Za kiparova života u Americi uspostavili su kontakt i upoznali ga s namjerom o izgradnji spomen doma i tako 5. kolovoza 1969. počinje izgradnja Spomen galerije, a 3. lipnja 1972. (10 godina nakon kiparove smrti) je svečano otvorena sa stalnom izložbom njegovih radova.
Danas se izložba sastoji od 35 skulptura, 16 kopija listova litografija, te većeg broja dokumenata i fotografija koji govore o životu i radu Ivana Meštrovića.
S obzirom da sam i ja rođena i odrasla u Vrpolju iznimno mi je drago objaviti svoj prvi keš i također postaviti prvi keš općenito u Vrpolju u čast ovom velikom umjetniku.
Sretno s potragom 😊
Vrpolje - Ivan Meštrović Memorial Gallery
interesting fact that makes this small Slavonian village so special is that Ivan Meštrović, a world-renowned Croatian sculptor, was born in here on August 15th, 1883.
After a year of living in this village, he returned with his parents to Dalmatia, the village of Otavice.
Vrpolje proudly preserves the memory of the great artist. During the sculptor's life in America, they established contact and informed him of the intention to build a memorial home, and so on August 5th, 1969, the construction of the Memorial Gallery began, and on June 3rd, 1972 (10 years after the sculptor's death) it was inaugurated with a permanent exhibition of his works.
Today, the exhibition consists of 35 sculptures, 16 copies of lithograph sheets, and a number of documents and photographs that speak of the life and work of Ivan Meštrović.
Since I was also born and raised in Vrpolje, I am extremely glad to publish my first cache and also set up the first cache generaly in Vrpolje in honor of this great artist.
Good luck with the search