Tina Morpurgo (March 6, 1907 – June 1, 1944) was a notable Croatian painter from Split.
Morpurgo was born on March 6, 1907 in Split to the notable Jewish Morpurgo relations which originated from Marburg, Germany. After high school she devoted herself to painting and in 1931 she held her first single exhibition which showed exceeding fifty of her works in oil, tempera and drawing. In 1932, Morpurgo attended a private college in Trieste. Morpurgo planned to pursue her schooling and new artistic development in Munich, but due to the rise of Nazism and the economic crisis, she remained in her hometown, and, disillusioned, stopped painting. In 1943 she was deported to the Banjica fascination camp together past her parents. On June 1, 1944, Morpurgo was killed by Schutzstaffel members. Her paintings were saved by the surviving members of her family and friends. Later her paintings were exhibited, in 1974, at the Jewish community of Split, at the Jewish community Belgrade, and the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade in 1975.
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