WORK OF LETTERING ARTIST OLGA HÖCKER IN THE CONTEXT OF CROATIAN ART BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS

Abstract

The article reconstructs and valorizes the artistic and educational activities of Olga Höcker (Varaždin, 1882 – Zagreb, 1967), a prominent applied artist, the first female teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and an outstanding connoisseur of decorative lettering. It brings a series of findings on graphic culture in Croatia during the interwar period, while the work of Olga Höcker is considered within the context of wider social and cultural situation characterized by aspiration toward the development of arts and crafts, definition of national expression in art, as well as the arousal of interest in book design and lettering.