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Jewish -Owned Art Collections in Zagreb: The Destiny of the Robert Deutsch Maceljski Collection

Among the Zagreb economic elite at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, there were many Jewish families. Within this economic elite we find a large number of art collectors – one of them was the engineer Robert Deutsch Maceljski (1884-1943). He is remembered as a patron of the Croatian painter Milivoj Uzelac and we find him among the buyers at the gallery Salon Ullrich since its beginning in 1910 until 1939. In addition to his collection of contemporary art works, Robert Deutsch Maceljski owned a large collection of Old Masters and icons, but also sculptures and objects of applied arts. During the period of the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945), due to the risk of war damages, a series of legal acts on the conservation and preservation of the monuments were passed by the Ministry of Religion and Education and the Conservation Institute in Zagreb. Art objects of private houses were listed and, within a legal framework, removed – for Jewish families it meant forever. Robert Deutsch Maceljski collection was transferred to the Croatian National Museum of Arts and Crafts and after the war, in 1947, parts of his collection were moved to the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters. Robert and his wife Hilda were deported and killed in Auschwitz in 1943 ; only their daughter Vanja (1923-1996) survived by escaping from the country. After the war she twice tried to recover her family property from the museums: in 1958 and 1966, but unsuccessfully. Today the art objects of the Robert Deutsch Maceljski’s collection are part of the collections of three museums of Zagreb: the Museum of Arts and Crafts, the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters and the Modern Gallery.

Jewish-Owned Art Collections, Robert Deutsch Maceljski, Modern Gallery Zagreb, Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters, Zagreb

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