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Mahatma Gandhi portrayed by Kristian Krekovic in 1931

Kristian Krekovic's portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (a detail), Paris 1931.
The portrait of Mahatma Gandhi had been made during his meditation in
the Paris atelier of Kristian Krekovic,
distinguished Croatian painter, in 1931. Krekovic was a personal friend
of Kristian Krekovic. The portrait
is exhibited in the Krekovic Museum in Palma de Mallorca in
Catalonia, Spain. The Krekovic Museum in Palma has officially been opened
by the Spanish Queen Sofia in 1981.
Kristian Krekovic also portrayed
- the English Queen (Queen Mother, in 1938, upon her request; the portrait
is kept in the Buckingham palace in London, see [Sabater,
p. 19]: "...Como expresión de su trabajo en esta época,
basta citar el famosos retrato que hizo de la Reina María de
Inglaterra, retrato que adorna una de las estancias del Palacio
Real de Buckingham.",
- the royal family of Sweden (King Gustav V upon his invitation to
Stockholm in 1948, when he was at the age of 90)
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Kristian Krekovic in his atelier in Paris in 1930s. Gandhi's portrait is behind
him, made in red chalk.

Kristian Krekovic with his wife Sina in his atelier in Paris in 1930s.
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