Ivo Kerdić

Ivo Kerdić was born on19 May 1881 in Davor, a small village near Slavonski Brod, Croatia, at that time in Austria-Hungary.

Not having the funds to resume his studies in Paris, in 1902 Kerdić went to Vienna, where he worked at the Gillar Bronze Factory, rising to foreman.

Kerdić's work included items of applied art, portraits and figurative compositions.

[3] Examples of Ivo Kerdić's medals and medallions can be seen in the Numismatic collection of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, which consists of about 160 works of the artist, dating from 1911 onwards.

His work contains a glimpse of Zagreb and Croatian public life of the time, with its famous personalities and political themes.