Celestin Mato Medovic Sold at Auction Prices

Historical-scenes painter, b. 1857 - d. 1920

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  • Mato Celestin Medović, Pelješac Landscape, 1910-1915
    Dec. 19, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medović, Pelješac Landscape, 1910-1915

    Est: €10,000 - €18,000

    painting, oil on wood, 40,5 × 27 cm, signed with initials lower left, in brown, "M. C. Medović"

    Artmark Croatia
  • Mato Celestin Medovic
    Oct. 24, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medovic

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    (Pelješac 1859-1920 Sarajevo) A View of Pelješac with Heather in Bloom, signed (in ligature) cm Medovic, oil on board, 14.5 x 23.5 cm, framed Provenance: Private Collection, Vienna. A certificate issued by Prof. Dajana Vlaisavljevic, Zagreb, 5 June 2023 is available upon request.

    Dorotheum
  • Mato Celestin Medović
    Oct. 24, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medović

    Est: €10,000 - €15,000

    (Pelješac 1859-1920 Sarajevo) A Landscape near Pelješac on the Dalmatian Adriatic Coast, signed (in ligature) MC Medovic, oil on board, 24 x 33 cm, framed Provenance: Private Collection, Vienna. A certificate issued by Prof. Dajana Vlaisavljevic, Zagreb, 24 March 2023 is available upon request. Mato Medović, better known as Celestin Mato Medović is considered to be the founder of modern Croatian painting along with Vlaho Bukovac. He came from a humble background and grew up in the village of Kuna on the Peljesac peninsula on the Dalmatian Adriatic coast. His talent was recognised early on, and he entered the Franciscan order as a boy in 1868. He spent his first years in the Franciscan monastery of Kuna, consecrated to Our Lady of Loreto and known as “Delorita”, before the Franciscan monastery in Dubrovnik became his home. There he took his religious vows, was ordained priest and took the name “Celestin”. Thanks to the support of the order, Medović was able to begin his artistic training at the Collegio di Sant’ Isidoro in Rome from 1880. This was followed by a period of study in Florence before he finally attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1888 to 1893. He settled in Zagreb from 1895 after leaving the Franciscan Order and a short stay in Dubrovnik. He lived and worked in Zagreb until 1907, when he finally returned to his home village, where he remained artistically active until the end of his life, with the exception of a two-year stay in Vienna (1912-1914). Medović turned away from traditional history and sacred painting following his time in Zagreb and his intensive exchange with Vlaho Bukovac. He then devoted his works to the depiction of light with rich colour. His colour-filled landscape views were mostly created during his late period in Pelješac and were influenced by plein-air painting. The present lot belongs to this “Pelješac period”. The view of the Dalmatian Adriatic coast is characterised by warm, bright light, and strong colours. The balanced composition allows the viewer’s gaze to wander into the distance.

    Dorotheum
  • Mato Celestin Medović, Still Life with Autumn Fruits, 1905-1910
    Oct. 17, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medović, Still Life with Autumn Fruits, 1905-1910

    Est: €12,000 - €18,000

    Painting, oil on canvas, 32,5 × 46 cm, signed bottom left, in orange, "MC Medović"

    Artmark Croatia
  • Mato Celestin Medović, Dusk in Kuna, cca. 1910
    Oct. 17, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medović, Dusk in Kuna, cca. 1910

    Est: €10,000 - €15,000

    Painting, oil on canvas, 23 × 40,5 cm, signed and monogrammed bottom left, in red, "MC Medović"

    Artmark Croatia
  • Mato Celestin Medović, Ships at Dusk, 1908-1912
    Oct. 17, 2023

    Mato Celestin Medović, Ships at Dusk, 1908-1912

    Est: €8,000 - €14,000

    Painting, oil on canvas, 60 × 78 cm, signed and monogrammed bottom right, in orange, "MC Medović"

    Artmark Croatia
  • Mato Celestin Medovic 1857-1920 Still Life with Apples
    Dec. 20, 2018

    Mato Celestin Medovic 1857-1920 Still Life with Apples

    Est: €30,000 - €35,000

    oil/canvas 38 x 56 cm

    Art Salon Zagreb
  • Mato Celestin Medovic 1857-1920 Neretva Delta
    Jun. 07, 2018

    Mato Celestin Medovic 1857-1920 Neretva Delta

    Est: €10,000 - €12,000

    oil on canvas, 22 x 35 cm without signature

    Art Salon Zagreb
  • Mato Celestin Medović (1857.-1920.): Landscape with Umbrella Pines
    Jun. 01, 2017

    Mato Celestin Medović (1857.-1920.): Landscape with Umbrella Pines

    Est: €38,000 - €40,000

    Landscape with Umbrella Pines oil/canvas, 39x63cm, 1893-1894 signed lower left: CM Medović

    Art Salon Zagreb
  • Mato Celestin Medović (1857.-1920.): Heather
    Jun. 01, 2017

    Mato Celestin Medović (1857.-1920.): Heather

    Est: €15,000 - €17,000

    Heather oil/cardboard, 12 x 30.5cm signed lower right:  CM Medović

    Art Salon Zagreb
  • Mato Celestin Medovic (1857-1920) Moonlight
    Dec. 17, 2016

    Mato Celestin Medovic (1857-1920) Moonlight

    Est: €12,000 - €13,000

    Oil on woodpanel, 73x53cm

    Art Salon Zagreb
  • WITHDRAWN
    Sep. 28, 2013

    WITHDRAWN

    Est: -

    Medovic Celestin Mato Kuna 1857 - Sarajevo 1920 Infant St. John the Baptist Oil/canvas, 38 x 53 cm, lo. ri. sign. C. Medovic. - Croatian painter a. Franciscan monk in Dubrovnik. He studied painting in Rome, Florence a. at the Munich academy, among others under L. Seitz a. L. von Löfftz. Since 1895 he was head of a painting school in Zagreb. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.

    Auktionshaus Stahl
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