period painting still lifes. However, his major contribution to Croatian painting is his series of landscapes, full of bright southern light and vigorous colours. His hometown of Kuna now hosts an art colony, and art gallery in his name - KUD Mato Celestin Medović. Medovic's painting of "Pelješko - korčulanski kanal", 1908–1912 appeared on a Croatian Post Office stamp in 1996. Works Munich paintings Mother (Portret Majka) 1894 Old Fisherman (Stari ribar) Portrait of an old man (Portret starca) St. Bonaventura Bacchanal (Bakanal) 1890 Zagreb paintings Split Parliament (Splitski sabor) Arrival of the Croats (Dolazak Hrvata), The Coronation of Ladislas of Naples (Krunjenje Ladislava Napuljskog) Betrothal of King Zvonimir (Zaruke kralja Zvonimira) The Srijem Martyrs (Srijemski mučenici) St Jeronim 1901 Madonna (Bogorodica) 1905 St Francis Portrait of Clotilde Guthardt Portrait of middle-aged woman Portrait of Archbishop Posilovic Portrait of Pope Pius X Pelješac paintings Dead Calm Sea (Bonaca) After Spring Rains (Poslije proljetne kiše) Pelješac Korčula Canal(Pelješko Korčulanski Kanal) 1908-12 Moonlight (Mjesečina) Heather (Vrijes) 1911 Landscape (Pejzaž) Fields (Polje) Heather (Vrijes) Still Life (Mrtva Priroda) Battle of Grobnik Plain (Bitka Na Grobničkom Polju) Exhibitions Solo 2001 Mato Celestin Medović: Works from the Gallery's permanent collection Gallery of Fine Arts, Split (Galerija Umjetnina Split) 2007/2008 MATO CELESTIN MEDOVIĆ: An exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. From the holdings of the Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik Group 2009 Zagreb - Munich: Croatian Painting and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Art Pavilion Zagreb, Zagreb () 2007 From the Gallery Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik 2006 Selection from the Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik 1896 Millennial Exhibition in Budapest Museum collections Modern Gallery, Zagreb Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik Gallery of Fine Arts, Split (Galerija Umjetnina Split) References Bibliography Vera Kružić Uchytil:Mato Celestin Medović, Monograph, colour photographs Mitja Koman; black and white photographs Ivica Buzjak, Mitja Koman, Mladen Grčević, published 1978 by Grafički zavod Hrvatske in Zagreb. (Croatian) Zdenko Rus: Medović, Celestin Mato, in: The Dictionary of Art, hrsg. v. Jane Turner, Band 21, 1996. () External links Gallerija Remek-djela Online Exhibit Mato Celestin Medović 1857 births 1920 deaths People from Orebić People from the Kingdom of Dalmatia Croatian landscape painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century painters of historical subjects 19th-century Croatian painters 20th-century Croatian painters Croatian male painters 19th-century Croatian male artists 20th-century Croatian male artists