Luka Musulin: Vjekoslav Ivančić – Điđi
(inauguracija biste 1976. godine)
Vjekoslav Điđi Ivančić, političar (Lovrinići kraj Pazina, 3. XI. 1924 – Rijeka, 22. II. 1975). Rođen je u siromašnoj radničkoj obitelji. Proživio je teško djetinjstvo i mladost u otuđenoj i porobljenoj Istri u fašističkoj atmosferi odnarođivanja potlačenoga hrvatskoga puka. Sudionik je narodnooslobodilačke borbe (NOB) od prvih dana rata. Obavljao je istaknute političke i društvene funkcije. Član Komunističke partije Jugoslavije (KPJ) postao je 1944. godine. Od 1944. do kraja 1945. bio je sekretar Kotarskog komiteta Saveza komunističke omladine Jugoslavije (KK SKOJ) Pazin, 1945. i 1946. sekretar Kotarskog komiteta Komunističke partije Hrvatske (KK KPH) za Pazin, a u 1945. godini i instruktor u Oblasnom komitetu KP za Istru. Završio je političku školu u Zagrebu i nakon školovanja postaje ponovno sekretar KK KPH Pazin. Rukovodilac Instruktorske uprave Oblasnog komiteta i član Općinskog komiteta KPH za Istru i Rijeku postaje 1948. i 1949., a instruktor Centralnog komiteta KPH 1949. i 1950. godine. Od 1950. do 1955. obnašao je funkciju sekretara KK KPH za Pazin, a potom od 1955. do 1965. najprije funkciju organizacijskog sekretara, a zatim sekretara KK KPH Pula. Od 1965. do 1974. bio je predsjednik Kotarskog koordinacijskog odbora SSRNH, odnosno Međuopćinske konferencije Socijalističkog saveza za riječko-istarsko područje. Bio je poslanik u Saveznoj skupštini 1958, zastupnik u Saboru SR Hrvatske saziva 1953. i 1965. Biran je za člana CK SKJ 1961, za člana CK SKH 1965. te za člana Republičke konferencije SSRNH 1970. godine. Smrt ga je zatekla na dužnosti člana predsjedništva SR Hrvatske na koju je izabran 1974. godine. Dobitnik je niza ratnih i mirnodopskih odlikovanja među kojima Ordena Republike sa srebrnim vijencem.
Kipara Luku Musulina kao vrsnog realista potvrđuje i poprsje Vjekoslava Ivančića – Điđija kojim iskazuje naglašenu sklonost za opisnu, detaljističku naraciju i meko oblikovanje. Ovjekovječen je ozbiljan muškarac u košulji s kravatom i u sakou, visokog čela i stisnutih usnica koje flankiraju dvije duboke bore. Načinom oblikovanja postignuta je unutarnja smirenost i karakterna plemenitost portretiranog. Poprsje je trajan materijalni spomen jednom Pazincu i antifašistu koji je već desetljećima „mirno zagledan“ u svakog posjetitelja Parka istarskih velikana.
Luka Musulin, akademski kipar (Podaca, Općina Gradac, 1928 – Split, 1987). Kiparstvo na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu završio je 1953. u klasi prof. Vanje Radauša. Bio je suradnik majstorske radionice Antuna Augustinčića. Izlagao je u zemlji i inozemstvu, autor je većeg broja zapaženih spomenika i djela mu se nalaze u brojnim galerijama i muzejima. U Pazinu su dva su njegova poprsja odličnika iz crkvene i političke povijesti Istre: biskupa dr. Jurja Dobrile i Vjekoslava Ivančića Điđija.
Vjekoslav Ivančić – Điđi
Sculptor Luka Musulin, inauguration of the bust: 1976
Vjekoslav Ivančić – Điđi, a politician (Lovrinići near Pazin, November 3, 1924 – Rijeka, February 22, 1975). He was born into a poor working-class family. He lived a difficult childhood and youth in alienated and enslaved Istria, in the fascist atmosphere of denationalization of the oppressed Croatian population. He was a participant in the National Liberation Struggle since the early days of the war. He held prominent political and social functions and became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1944. From 1944 to the end of 1945, he was secretary of the District Committee of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia Pazin, in 1945 and 1946, secretary of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia for Pazin, and in 1945 also instructor in the District Committee of the Communist Party for Istria. He graduated from the political school in Zagreb and after his education he again became secretary of the Communist Party of Croatia’s District Committee in Pazin. In 1948 and 1949, he became head of the Instructor Administration of the District Committee and a member of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia for Istria and Rijeka, as well as an instructor of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia in 1949 and 1950. From 1950 to 1955, he held the position of secretary of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia for Pazin, and then from 1955 to 1965, first he held the function of organizational secretary, and then secretary of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia Pula. From 1965 to 1974, he was the president of the District Coordination Committee of the Socialist League of Working People of Croatia, that is, the Intermunicipal Conference of the Socialist League for the Rijeka-Istria region. He was a member of the Federal Assembly in 1958, a member of the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at convocations in 1953 and 1965. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1961, was a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia in 1965, and a member of the Republican Conference of the Socialist League of Working People of Croatia in 1970. He died while serving as a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, to which he was elected in 1974. He is the recipient of a number of wartime and peacetime awards and decorations, including the Order of the Republic with a silver wreath.
Sculptor Luka Musulin as an excellent realist is also confirmed by the bust of Vjekoslav Ivančić-Điđi, which shows a pronounced preference for descriptive, detailed narration and soft sculpting. Immortalized is a serious man in a shirt with a tie and wearing a jacket, with a high forehead, pursed lips flanked by two deep wrinkles; the inner calmness and nobility of character of the portrayed person was achieved through the method of shaping. The bust is a permanent material memorial to a Pazin inhabitant and anti-fascist who has been “peacefully staring” at every visitor to the Park istarskih velikana for decades.
Luka Musulin was an academic sculptor (Podaca, Gradac Municipality, 1928 – Split, 1987). He graduated in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1953 under prof. Vanja Radauš, and was an associate of Antun Augustinčić’s master workshop. He exhibited both in Croatia and abroad, is the author of a number of notable monuments and his works can be found in numerous galleries and museums; Pazin hosts two of his busts of outstanding figures from the ecclesiastical and political history of Istria: bishop dr.sc. Juraj Dobrila and Vjekoslav Ivančić-Điđi.