Klesarska škola

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The Klesarska škola in Pučišća (2011)
Details of the school facade with stone objects
Limestone mining in Pučišća
Limestone Veselje Unito

The Klesarska škola ( German  "stonemason school" ) is a stonemason school on the Croatian island of Brač . It was founded in 1909 and is the only stonemasonry school in Croatia.

history

The Klesarska škola was officially founded in 1909 by the then Imperial and Royal Ministry of Public Works in Vienna for the training of stonemasons in Pučišća on Brač, after it had already started operations three years earlier. The first director was Emil Ruml, a stonemason from Bohemia who was one of the first to graduate from the kuk Steinmetzschule Horschitz . The island is known for its almost snow-white and yellow limestone , called Brač marble , and the long tradition of processing. The Romans already used this material for their buildings, for example at the Diocletian's Palace inSplit . Brač limestone is also used in the White House in the USA , in the Berlin Reichstag and in the Budapest parliament building . The stone used in the school is extracted from the Veselje quarry .

After the Second World War , the art of stonemasonry experienced a boom on Brač and became the island's strongest industry. The existing companies and quarries founded the Brač company in 1947 , later renamed to Jadrankamen . From 1946 the škola served as an evening school ; the students worked about six hours at Jadrankamen and then went to school. In 1956 the Industrijskakomlesarska škola (Industrial Stone Cutting School ) was founded in Pučišća . In 1957 the sculptor Ante Kostović became the director of the new school, and in 1965 Jasna Kuzmanić Orlandini took over his position, who ran the school until 1989.

In 1991 the school in Pučišća became an independent school again, now with the name Klesarska škola . In 1994, the Škola primijenjene umjetnosti i dizajna (University of Applied Arts and Design) in Zagreb organized a first solo exhibition with student work outside of Brač. In 2003 the school was named “Best School” by the Department of Education and Culture of the Split-Dalmatia County . The facility is a member of the European Association of Building Crafts and Design (EACD).

During the tourist season, the school and workshop are open to visitors; In 2008, around 9,000 came. On June 30, 2005, the stonemason school was awarded by the Croatian Tourism Association. The school also organizes workshops and conferences with international participation.

training

Today there are two training courses, a three-year stonemason and a four-year stonework technician, which includes content from architecture, art and other areas and should lead to university entrance qualifications . Some students switch to stone carving after completing their training . Up to 100 students are enrolled at Klesarska škola each year . About a quarter of the students come from Pučišća itself, another quarter from other parts of the island, while the rest of the students come from all over Croatia. In recent years, female students have also started training in this traditionally male-dominated craft at the school.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Klesarska ¹kola Puèi¹æa - Povijest. In: Klesarska Škola. Retrieved April 25, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Blanka Kovaříková: Naslouchám kameni a plním si své sny . Article in Vlasta magazine from September 2019 (PDF in Czech)
  3. ↑ a b Peter Becker: The stonemason school on the limestone island of Brač in the Croatian Adriatic celebrates its foundation 110 years ago. In: stone-ideas.com. April 2, 2019, accessed April 25, 2021 .
  4. ↑ Limestone for the White House. In: touristik-aktuell.de. January 28, 2019, accessed April 25, 2021 .
  5. ↑ Stone cutting school in Pučišća. In: bestofcroatia.eu. Retrieved April 25, 2021 .
  6. ↑ EACD - european association of building crafts and design. In: eacd.bauhuette-wiesenkirche.de. Retrieved April 28, 2021 .

Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '58.3 "  N , 16 ° 44' 7.8"  E