ANTON CETÍN
Spirituality
Spirituality
Resides in Toronto, Ontario
Anton studied mural techniques at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb from 1954 to 1959. In 1959 he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb from which he graduated in 1964, after specializing in print-making.
In 1966 he left for Paris, France where he lived and worked as a painter, print-maker and illustrator until 1968, when he immigrated to Canada where he continues to live and work as a professional artist.
He has held 100 one-man exhibitions and participated in more than 150 group exhibitions world-wide. Several times he has exhibited under the auspices of the Governments of Ontario and Canada.
In 1975 he published his first folio of graphics Eve and the Moon, and in 1988, together with Croatian writer Stjepan Seselj published a folio containing a poem and graphics Amerika Croatan America. In 1989 they were received by Pope John Paul II in Rome.
A monograph about the life and work of Anton Cetín was published in 1986. The text was written by Dr. David Burnett of Toronto. Two documentary films about Anton's work were produced, one in 1990 in Passau, Germany and the other in 1993 in Toronto.
In 2001 his works were selected by Círculo del Arte, Barcelona, Spain. Also in 2001, in the city of Cazma, Croatia, a gallery was inaugurated in his name. The Gallery Anton Cetín holds a permanent exhibit of his work.
He has received several awards and honours for his work. The Canadian Croatian Artists Society chose him Artist of the Year for 1986. In 1995 he received two honours from the Government of the Republic of Croatia: The Order of Croatian Danica with the image of Marko Marulic and the Order of Croatian Triple Interlace, for outstanding merits in the field of culture.
A new monograph about Cetin's life and art was published in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2004. The text was written by Branka Hlevnjak of Zagreb.
His works are found in many public and private collections, museums and galleries throughout the world. Visit Anton's Gallery web site at www.antoncetin.com/ to view a wide variety of drawings and paintings and to read a thorough biography.
ANTON CETÍN
Toronto, ON Canada
e-mail acetineve@sympatico.ca