4. Rechnitz House

Rechnitz House

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SITE OVERVIEW
The Rechnitz house was designed and built in 1903 by the Osijek architect Ante Slaviček in the Secession style for the newly married prominent Osijek Jews - Milan and Elsa Rechnitz.
GENERAL
The Rechnitz house was designed and built in 1903 by the Osijek architect Ante Slaviček in the Secession style. Milan Rechnitz was a prominent Osijek doctor, otolaryngologist. His wife, Elza Rechnitz, born Basch, was a very significant Osijek artist. She was the first educated female painter in Osijek. She left a rich opus and many of her paintings are kept in Osijek Museum of Fine Arts.

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Vesna Brezovac's Biography

Working as a senior advisor at the Osijek City government, Dept. for EU programmes. MA in English and German

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