Ivan Generalic
Ivan Generalić (born December 21, 1914 in Hlebine , † November 27, 1992 in Koprivnica , Croatia ) was a Yugoslav painter . He is considered one of the most important artists of the naive art of Yugoslavia .
Life
His first exhibition took place in 1931 in the Zagreb Art Pavilion .
After the end of the Second World War, he became a member of the ULUH ( Udruga likovnih umjetnika Hrvatske , Association of Croatian Artists) in 1945 . In 1953 Generalić exhibited for the first time in Paris . He spent several months there.
Generalić was a co-founder of the School of Naive Art of Hlebine , which mainly dealt with reverse glass painting and of which he was the most important artist.
He had a great stylistic influence on other Croatian artists such as his son Josip Generalić , Franjo Mraz , Mirko Virius , Franjo Filipović , Dragan Gaži and Ivan Večeraj .
Works (selection)
- Winter in Hlebine
- Gypsy wedding
- In the forest
- Wedding of the deer
- Mask with trumpet
- Death of my friend Virius
literature
- Ivan Generalić: My life, my pictures Königstein im Taunus, Langewiesche, 1976 ISBN 3-7845-8200-1
- Breicha, Otto (Hrsg.): Window to the people: naive Yugoslav art from two generations; Dragan Gaži, Mato Generalić, Milan Generalić, Stjepan Ivanec, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Branko Lovak Graz 1976
- Grgo Gamulin: Naive Painting: Ivan Generalić ud School of Hlebine Gütersloh Prisma, 1982
- Nebojša Tomašević (Ed.): Yugoslavian Naive: Artists about themselves Königstein (in the Taunus) Langewiesche, 1974. ISBN 3-7845-8030-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ivan and Josip Generalic. Vernissage in the Bernard Gallery . In: Solothurner Zeitung . No. 284 , December 7, 1966.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Generalic, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hlebine , today Croatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1992 |
| Place of death | Koprivnica |