Turković Greta — sculptor, interior designer, light fixture designer and illustrator
(1896, Križevci — 1978)

She got her degree from the Department of Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1920. From 1937, she works at the Contempora factory, where she makes designs for iron, copper, brass and silver, i.e. for tables, fences, frames, mirrors, chandeliers and other light fixtures. She also produces designs for other materials like glass. According to her designs, a glass dinnerware set for Hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb and Hotel Excelsior in Dubrovnik was made in Slovenia, at the Straža Glass Factory in Rogatec. She takes part in the restoration of the building of the State Attorney’s Office and provides a detailed construction design, as well as a model for the chandeliers for those purposes. She designs the lighting at the Embassy of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia in Sofia and the offices of the Ministry of the Interior of the People’s Republic of Croatia. In addition to this, she makes designs for paper, leather and rugs. Following professional instructions, she makes illustrations of 26 varieties of apples, besides creating quite exact illustrations of more than 50 grape varieties for a large Atlas of Ampelography. The aesthetic value and expertise of the atlas resulted in an esteemed international distinction, the Diplome d'Honeueur de l' Office International dala Vigne et du Vin (“Honorary Diploma of the International Organization of Vine and Wine”), which was awarded to Turković in 1957 in Paris. As an author, she primarily values high quality crafts, the application of materials and functionality of produced items, also granting attention to the (exquisite) visual value of a designed item.