Maksimilijan Vanka

Maxo Vanka
Vanka in 1946
Born
Maksimilijan Vanka

(1889-05-11)11 May 1889
Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Died2 February 1963(1963-02-02) (aged 73)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
NationalityCroatian/American
Known forPainting

Maksimilijan "Maxo" Vanka (May 11, 1889 – February 2, 1963[1]) was a Croatian-American artist. He is best known for the series of murals he completed in 1937 and 1941 at St. Nicholas Croatian Church in Millvale, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Vanka, Maksimilijan". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 27 December 2017.