RADOVI ZAGREBAČKE RADIONICE VITRAJA IVANA MARINKOVIĆA U ŽUPNOJ CRKVI SVETOG JOSIPA U SELU DERONJE
WORKS OF IVAN MARINKOVIĆ’S ZAGREB STAINED-GLASS WORKSHOP IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT JOSEPH IN DERONJE VILLAGE

Summary/Abstract: In the fall of 2021, during field work with the aim of researching the cultural and historical heritage in the northwest of Vojvodina, in the parish church of St. Joseph, in the village of Deronje, four stained glass windows were observed, two on each side wall of the ship, which have the signature of Ivan Marinković. Given that these stained-glass windows are not described in detail, nor mentioned in the literature, nor in the internal documentation of the competent institutions for cultural heritage, this encouraged us to do a more detailed analysis of their artistic solutions and to research the workshop that produced them. The first stained glass window in the Church of St. Joseph was installed in 1913, that is, before the stained-glass windows from Ivan Marinković’s workshop were installed after the end of the First World War. This stained-glass window with the image of the Heart of Jesus is located in the apse of the church and was made by the famous Hungarian stained-glass artist Sándor Ligeti. The war and unstable political circumstances delayed the further furnishing of the church which continued in the mid-twenties of the 20th century. Considering the change of state borders, the parish in Deronje turned to the Zagreb workshop of Ivan Marinković, which operated within the borders of the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Marinković’s stained glass windows are placed on the windows of the side walls of the nave according to the following arrangement: on the north wall, from the entrance towards the altar, there is a depiction of St. Joseph and a stained-glass window that represents a memorial to the First World War, with a depiction of a wounded soldier and Christ. On the south wall, from the choir towards the altar, Saint Anthony of Padua and the Heart of Mary are depicted. Based on the inscription that can be seen on the stained-glass window with the depiction of Christ and the wounded soldier, where the year 1926 is inscribed, it can be assumed that the other stained-glass windows were acquired in the same year or at approximately the same time. Two stained glass windows from the church in Deronje were reproduced in 1930 in the Catholic magazine “Obitelj” depicting the Heart of Mary and Saint Anthony of Padua, which indicates that Ivan Marinković’s workshop considered them important within its oeuvre. The final parts of this article are devoted to the workshop that made the stained-glass windows in the Deronje church. Ivan Marinković began his education in Budapest, the city where he was born in 1885, and then continued it in Switzerland, Germany and France. It is certain that the establishment of his workshop in Zagreb was announced in 1909, and that the workshop was finally established in 1910. Very soon after its establishment, Marinković’s workshop got the opportunity to work on prestigious public projects and its stained-glass windows can still be found in Zagreb, Sisak, Ozalj, Đurđevac, Široki Brijeg, Belgrade, Deronje and other cities and towns. The stained-glass windows of the parish church of St. Joseph in Deronje represent a valuable example of the applied arts, that is, the art industry from the beginning of the 20th century. Precisely because of this, and because of the state in which the church and the stained-glass windows are, this paper is also an appeal for the preservation of an important and in many respects forgotten heritage.

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