Gliha Oton

Oton Gliha was born in Črnomelje, Slovenia in 1914.
He graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Arts in the class of prof. Marin Tartaglia in 1937.
He had his first exhibition in Zagreb in 1938, and his first solo exhibition in 1954.
He has received the “Vladimir Nazor” lifetime achievement award in 1977, and the “Visual arts” award from the Croatian Academy of Science and Art in 1998.
Oton Gliha passed away on the 20th of June, 1999 in Zagreb.