{"id":31423,"date":"2026-07-14T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=31423"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:09:27","slug":"ivana-meller-tomljenovic","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/artist\/ivana-meller-tomljenovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivana Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-kunstler'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-6'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-7'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-3'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-7'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h2' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Ivana Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 text-align-center col-md-offset-1 col-md-3'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid header-biography-list  cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Track-and-field athlete, basketball player, photographer, set designer,  freelance graphic designer and lecturer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>born on 2 September 1906 in Zagreb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>died on 30 August 1988 in Zagreb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-3 col-md-offset-5 ho-pattern-optional-image'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_enN14K\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 31749,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-300x201.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":201,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9100},\"large\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-1024x687.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":687,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":68446},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-768x516.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":516,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42459},\"small\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-440x295.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":295,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":16444},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-580x389.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":389,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":26421},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic-720x483.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":483,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37916},\"original\":{\"file\":\"bha26_portrait_ivana-meller-tomljenovic.jpg\",\"width\":1086,\"height\":729}},\n\"alt\" : \"A smiling girl in a hat posing in a gray setting. 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As a young woman, she initially made a name for herself in the 1920s as a track-and-field athlete and basketball player. From 1924 to 1928, she completed a degree at the Royal College of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, graduating with honours. In 1929 she began studying metal design at Vienna\u2019s University of Applied Arts. Impressed by a lecture given by Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer, Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107 transferred to the Bauhaus Dessau that same year. She experimented with photomontage and printing techniques in Walter Peterhans\u2019s photography class. During this period, she also filmed life at the Bauhaus. Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107 joined the Communist Student Faction. She was among the students who left the Bauhaus when Hannes Meyer was dismissed in 1930. She initially worked in Berlin as a set designer for the Piscator Stage as well as a freelance graphic designer. In 1931 she briefly studied literature at the Sorbonne in Paris before moving to Prague. There she married Alfred Meller, the owner of a large advertising agency. After his death, Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107 returned to Yugoslavia in 1934. In Belgrade she taught art, graphic design and poster design until the 1960s. A late reception of her photographic work began in the 1980s. Ivana Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107 died in Zagreb on 30 August 1988.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivana Meller-Tomljenovi\u0107, n\u00e9e Tomljenovi\u0107, was born in Zagreb on 2 September 1906. 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