Fine Arts Committee
The Art Donations Committee of NFCACF was set up in late 2016, to allow Croatian museums to receive gifts of artwork from the NFCACF to US-based collectors willing to donate works to enhance museum displays.
Art Donations
Committee Chair: Dr. Dinko Podrug
Jan Victors (1619-1676) — Portrait of a young lady as Diana, in a violet dress and pearl jewelry, holding a bow and quiver! Jan Victors was a pupil of Rembrandt and this painting was formerly exhibited at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, 2009-2012.
This masterpiece by Andrea Schiavone (also known as Andrija Medulic, Zadar 1510-1563 Venice) is called the “Madonna and Child.” This NFCA donation to the MUO Museum brought back to Croatia, a painting from a Zadar-born Croatian who became a well known Italian Renaissance painter.
Leandro Bassano (1557-1622) — attributed: Agony in the Garden (Christ in the Garden of Getsemane). This painting shares many elements with similiar compositions by Leandro and his brother Francesco with paintings in the Museum of Palazzo Barberini, in Rome. This painting is already at the MUO Museum ready to be exhibited when the Zagreb Museum re-opens in 2022.
Dutch School, 17th Century — possible attribution to Daniel Thievaert ( c.1611an Old Testament scene, possibly presenting gifts for the temple
Giovanni Marinoni (Venice 1490 – 1560 Naples) — A Dominican Monk and this cradled panel painting was in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum from 1939 to 2012 and sold through Sotheby’s in 2013.
Art Donations
Committee Chair: Dr. Dinko Podrug
Jan Victors (1619-1676) — Portrait of a young lady as Diana, in a violet dress and pearl jewelry, holding a bow and quiver! Jan Victors was a pupil of Rembrandt and this painting was formerly exhibited at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, 2009-2012.
This masterpiece by Andrea Schiavone (also known as Andrija Medulic, Zadar 1510-1563 Venice) is called the “Madonna and Child.” This NFCA donation to the MUO Museum brought back to Croatia, a painting from a Zadar-born Croatian who became a well known Italian Renaissance painter.
Leandro Bassano (1557-1622) — attributed: Agony in the Garden (Christ in the Garden of Getsemane). This painting shares many elements with similiar compositions by Leandro and his brother Francesco with paintings in the Museum of Palazzo Barberini, in Rome. This painting is already at the MUO Museum ready to be exhibited when the Zagreb Museum re-opens in 2022.
Dutch School, 17th Century — possible attribution to Daniel Thievaert ( c.1611an Old Testament scene, possibly presenting gifts for the temple
Giovanni Marinoni (Venice 1490 – 1560 Naples) — A Dominican Monk and this cradled panel painting was in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum from 1939 to 2012 and sold through Sotheby’s in 2013.
Film Screening
Operation Storm DVD film cover
4 film DVD covers
2018 NY City showing with Nikola Knez’s film “Tito’s License for Genocide” documentary about Bleiburg-Operation Slaughterhouse
2019 Capitol Hill film event showcasing Nikola Knez film “Operation Storm”
Operation Storm DVD film cover
4 film DVD covers
2018 NY City showing with Nikola Knez’s film “Tito’s License for Genocide” documentary about Bleiburg-Operation Slaughterhouse
2019 Capitol Hill film event showcasing Nikola Knez film “Operation Storm”
Church Restoration
PARTNERING TO HELP RESTORE THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE!
The NFCACF Special Projects Committee has partnered over the past three years with two church restoration projects in Croatia: Chapel on Island Šćedro, Jelsa Parish, Island of Hvar and Račišće Parish Church, Island of Korčula.
These projects allowed the NFCACF to collaborate with a Croatian American donor and with contractors and church officials on the ground in Croatia to facilitate funding and the management of both these church restoration projects.