Summary
An internationally renowned sculptor whose Christ the King is preserved in the parish church in Selca. His work connects the island’s church architecture with one of the major bodies of work in 20th-century Croatian art.
His connection with Brač here is represented by a sculpture in Selca, not by birth on the island.
From a Dalmatian workshop to an international career
Meštrović was born in Vrpolje, grew up in Otavice and trained in the workshop of Pavle Bilinić in Split. He studied in Vienna, worked in European art centres and later in the United States. In his sculpture, he combined figuration, monumentality and powerful spiritual expression.
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Christ the King in Selca
The parish Church of Christ the King in Selca holds his bronze statue of Christ the King, which a municipal description dates to 1956. The sculpture is part of a church interior shaped by the work of builders and stoneworkers. Its presence documents an artistic connection with Brač.
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Rosandić as a collaborator
Toma Rosandić worked in his studio in Vienna and translated some sculptures from his early monumental cycle into stone. Later, Rosandić created a major work of his own on Brač, the mausoleum in Supetar. The two artistic sites on the island are thus connected by a genuine collaboration between their creators.
