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Artist Frane Mlinar was born in 1959 in Split,
Croatia. As a student, Mlinar became one of the
youngest members of the Croatian Association of
Graphic Artists. He studied at the Arts University
of Sarajevo and at the Faculty of Arts and History
of Art in Split, earning his Masters in 1984.
Since joining the Croatian hyper-realism
movement in 1988, Mlinar has succeeded in
becoming on the leading masters of the
movement. Critically acclaimed throughout
Croatia, Europe and the United States, Mlinar's
work can be found in the prominent art
collections of the President of the Croatian
Parliament and the Deputy Chairman of the
Croatian American Society. In addition, this
artist's work can also be found in the Croatian
Embassy collection in Washington, D.C.
Mlinar's work strives to impart to the world a
much calmer view of his native land. Many of
his works mirror the traditions of the ancient
fishing villages along the Adriatic Sea where life
remained unchanged for the last 100 years.
Now a resident of the United States, Mlinar
continues to paint his native Croatia, where "the
sea forever talks with stony coasts and white
shores, and the wind is felt like a lover as it
whispers to my soul."
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