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Due to spending most of her life in
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between 1907 and 1914, where she met many prominent figures of modern art, and became the first ragusan cubist painter. After her return to
Dubrovnik in 1922, she lived a largely anonymous life, and was virtually forgotten after her death. Her opus is only partially preserved. In the 21st century,
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By that time, her financial resources were depleted, and she petitioned the
Yugoslav embassy in Paris to help her get compensation for her confiscated Paris property. There is no evidence she was successful, and her modest means since then suggest little or no compensation was actually received.
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In 1914, upon the outbreak of World War I, Dorotka was, as a citizen of
Austria-Hungary, forced to leave France, and her assets in the country were frozen.
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188:References
42:Early life
253:morski.hr
119:Barcelona
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