Who is Andrija Buvina?

Andrea Buvina (also known as Andrija Buvina, or Andrea Guvina,Gavina or Gruvina ) was a 13th-century medieval Croatian sculptor and painter. His art is commonly associated with the Romanesque period. The wooden doorway in for the Cathedral of St. Duje in Split, is made by Andrija Buvina c. 1214, is the best known measure of …

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24 facts about Torsten Billman

Torsten Edvard Billman (6 May 1909 – 6 April 1989) was a Swedish performer who worked as a printmaker, illustrator, and buon fresco painter. He counts as one of the 20th century’s premier wood-engravers. The poet Gunnar Ekelöf wrote not quite Torsten Billman: “To those, who bearing in mind the word art visualise large, magnificent, …

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