Vjenceslav Richter

Vjenceslav Richter (Drenova, 1917 – Zagreb, 2002) Croatian architect, sculptor and painter. Graduated in architecture in 1949 at the Technical Faculty in Zagreb. Co-founder of the Exat 51 group (1950), the Studio for Industrial Design – SIO (1956) and the Center for Industrial Design – CIO (1963) in Zagreb. In his theoretical works on urban planning (Sinturbanizam, 1964; Heliopolis, in the magazine Arhitektura, 1968) and sculptural works (System Plastic, 1963; Relief Meter, 1964) and paintings (System Graphics, 1973), he consistently implemented the principles of artistic synthesis of constructivism and functionalism. He designed exhibition pavilions in Brussels (1958) and Milan (1964), a department store in Blatnica (1978) and several family houses (Rabuzin in Ključ, 1979; Jeličić in Zagreb, 1985; Klinar in Pula, 1988). He was involved in interior design (Theatre Café in Zagreb, 1970) and set design (S. S. Prokofiev, The Wedding in a Monastery, 1959; R. Strauss, Elektra, 1981). The Vjenceslav Richter and Nada Kareš Richter Collection has been open in his house in Vrhovec in Zagreb since 2000. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement (1992).