{"id":2461,"date":"2026-04-19T21:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugip-tz.ba\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:05:19","slug":"pero-jelisi-u-tuzli-_-1942026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugip-tz.ba\/en\/pero-jelisi-u-tuzli-_-1942026\/","title":{"rendered":"PERO JELISIC IN TUZLA _ 19.4.2026."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Academic sculptor Pero Jelisi\u0107 stayed in Tuzla from 17.4. until 10.4.2026. year, among other things due to filming scenes of a documentary film about his work and life, recalling his childhood and growing up, evoking memories of a time from which he remembers only good events. During his stay in Tuzla, Jelisi\u0107 visited many places that he has fond memories of. After the ceremonial reception in the city administration, on April 17, Jelisi\u0107, with his entourage, visited the "Me\u0161a Selimovi\u0107" high school where he was an art teacher for three years, and after that he visited the Tuzla International Portrait Gallery, where he once had a studio where he worked and created. Jelisi\u0107 visited the places where his monuments, sculptures, installations and busts are located in the Tuzla region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pero Jelisi\u0107 was born in Ajdinovi\u0107i in 1939. His parents died in the Second World War, so he and his sister Dragica were brought to Tuzla. In Tuzla, i.e. Kreki, he was accepted, raised and educated by the \u0110ur\u0111ek family - Anto Braco and Johana. Johana \u0110ur\u0111ek, aunt - as Jelisi\u0107 called his guardian, is of Italian origin in the Segat family. Johana is the daughter of Giovani and Maria Segat, born on 7 March 1906. in Simin Han. She died on September 3, 1982. in Tuzla. The family lived in Donja Kolona in Kreka. He finished elementary school at the Solana school, a secondary teacher's school in the building of the former Kloster, and then entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He graduated from the Academy in 1964 in the class of professor Frano Kr\u0161ni\u0107. After completing his studies, he entered and completed the Master's workshop of professor Vanja Radau\u0161 in Zagreb in 1967. He has been a member of the Croatian Society of Fine Artists since 1965. Pero Jelisi\u0107 is the winner of a large number of national awards for sculpture and is the author of numerous public monuments in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. He is a participant in numerous collective and independent exhibitions throughout the former state and Europe. He is the winner of numerous awards, among which the award won at the international competition for the monument to Nikola Tesla in Prague and the award of the Tesla genius for the future association stand out.<\/p>\n

During his visit to Tuzla, Pero Jelisi\u0107 was happy to share anecdotes and events from the time when he lived or worked in Tuzla. He knew Franja Leder, who respected and trusted him, as well as Ismet Mujezinovi\u0107, who saw him as a son. Many may not know that together with Leder he participated in the construction of the Bridge with Statues. Ismet Mujezinovi\u0107 led the art section, which was attended by numerous renowned painters, but Ismet always singled out Pero Jelisi\u0107 as the most promising. Many articles and TV interviews have been written about Pera Jelisi\u0107's turbulent and successful life, and he wrote his very interesting biography for the book "Italians in Tuzla 1880-2019", authored by Tihomir Kne\u017ei\u010dek. Jelisi\u0107's extremely valuable interview for Nacional on the occasion of the Tesla Spirit Award was published on February 17, 2026. \u2013 available on the website<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nacional.hr\/pero-jelisic-nikola-tesla-nije-povijesna-figura-on-je-suvremenik-svima-nama\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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