Zoran Music (1909-2005)
Music was born in Gorizia on the Slovenian border with Italy. His family moved to Austria in 1920 and Music saw works by the Secessionist painters Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele on trips to Vienna and Prague. After leaving the Academy of Fine Arts in Lublijana he travelled to Spain, where he copied works by El Greco and Goya, but fled to Dalmatia upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The dusty hills of this region had a profound influence on his palette. During World War Two Music was interned in Dachau and secretly recorded the horrors around him. The series entitled We Are Not the Last has its source in Music's wartime experiences. Following the war - and perhaps in reaction to it - Music painted landscapes without people in dry, muted tones inspired by the countryside in Dalmatia and around Siena. Music exhibited internationally from the 1950s, his work including rocky landscapes, cathedral interiors and self-portraits.
