Vera Nikolić Podrinska

Vera Nikolić Podrinska (June 8, 1886 in Zagreb – March 28, 1972 in Zagreb) was a Croatian painter and baroness.

Vera Nikolić Podrinska
Born(1886-06-08)June 8, 1886
Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
DiedMarch 28, 1972(1972-03-28) (aged 85)
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Known forPainting, Writing

Biography

Podrinska was the daughter of baron Vladimir Nikolić and baroness Gabriella Ella Franziska Maria, née Scotti. Nikolić was taught painting by the Croatian painter Oton Iveković from 1900, and in Paris by Andre Lhote and hr:Leo Junek. In 1917 she had her first one-woman show.[1]

In 1944 a prison camp was established at her property on Pantovčak street in Zagreb by the government of the Independent State of Croatia.[2] At the camp were held American captured pilots. The pilots were allowed to work at Nikolić vineyard and could use her estate to play tennis and listen to music, among other activities.

After the war her property was either nationalized or bought up by the ruling Communist Party and Vila Zagorje, an estate of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz, was built.[2] She published the travel book Od Zagreba do Bangkoka (From Zagreb to Bangkok) in 1957.[3]

Nikolić travelled to the United States of America in 1966 to attend a showing of her works. She was greeted by several of the former prisoners who were held at her estate during World War II.[4]

References
  2. Allied War Prisoners in the NDH
  3. Nina Ožegović (24 December 2002). "28 hrvatskih slikarica plave krvi" [28 Female Croatian Painters of Blue Blood] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. "Myth: The Croatians Executed Dozens of Croatian Airmen". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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