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GAKOVIC, Maria
- Born
- Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1913
- Died
- Regina, Saskatchewan, 1999
- Biography synopsis
- In 1952 Maria Gakovic emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan and only began studying art at the University of Regina when she was in her sixties. She received a Bachelor of Arts (1974), Bachelor of Fine Arts (1976), and Master of Fine Arts (1985). During this time, she studied with Ted Godwin, Arthur McKay, and Jack Sures. In addition to painting in watercolour, oil, as well as acrylic, she worked in clay. Her abstract paintings focused on prairie and garden landscapes. Gakovic exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Saskatchewan beginning in the 1970s, and some of her work was included in an exhibition at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa in 1986. Gakovic's work is found in numerous private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Yugoslavia, as well as the collections of the Moose Jaw Gallery, Saskatchewan Arts Board, the University of Regina, and the Government of Saskatchewan. Gakovic also taught at the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the Regina University Women's Club.
- Media used
- Ceramics
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Education
- University of Regina (under Ted Godwin, Arthur McKay, and Jack Sures)
- Memberships
- Regina Federation of Artists
- File & Archive locations
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- The Passion of Maria: Landscapes of Urban and Rural Saskatchewan. Regina, Sask.: Rosemont Art Gallery Society, 1996
- "Prairie Paintings celebrate Nature." The Leader-Post (Regina) 2 Apr. 1987
- Ball, Denise. "Landscapes of the Imagination at Gallery." The Leader Post (Regina) 22 Apr. 1982: C1
- Burke, Lora. "Gakovic Paintings displayed." The Leader Post (Regina) 14 Dec. 1978: 16
- Higgins, M.. "A Collection with a 'Great View' of Saskatchewan Pottery." Moose Jaw Times Herald 15 June 2007: B4
- Newman, Marketa. The Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists, Women Artists Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1990
- Whittick, Sandra and Gakovic, Maria. Maria Gakovic: The Wascana Series of Paintings. Regina, Sask.: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1991
