Julije Knifer

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Julije Knifer

Julije Knifer (born April 23, 1924 in Osijek , † December 7, 2004 in Paris ) was a Croatian painter. He is considered the most important Croatian artist of the 20th century.

Life

Knifer studied painting at the Art Academy in Zagreb in the early 1950s. After completing his studies, he became a co-founder and member of the “ Gorgona Group ”, which was in Zagreb from 1959 to 1966 as an important segment of contemporary Croatian art. In the early 1960s, the only formal element in his work was concentrated on the meander , which became the exclusive content of his work process. The same motif appeared again and again in countless variations and painting techniques, initially only in black and white, later also in color. From 1973 he lived in Zagreb , Nice and finally in Paris, where he also died.

Exhibitions

During her lifetime, Julije Knifer mainly exhibited in well-known galleries, such as in 1961 at the Denise René gallery in Paris.

After his death, his works could still be seen at the following exhibitions:

  • Ligne B Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse
  • The new tendencies Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
  • Eye on Europe Museum of Modern Art , New York City
  • The New Tendencies Museum for Concrete Art , Ingolstadt
  • Living Art on the Edge of Europe Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo (NL)
  • Contact MUMOK , Vienna
  • Essence of Life Art Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  • Essence of Life - Essence of Art Ludwig Museum, Budapest
  • Prague Biennale 2

His works are represented in the following collections: Center Pompidou , Frac Bretagne in Châteaugiron, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz , MMSU Rijeka, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik and in the City Gallery Erlangen.

literature

  • Živojin Dacić: Tübingen working process. Ed. Dacić, Tübingen 1976.
  • Žarko Radaković (ed.): Julije Knifer. Meander 1960-1990 . Flugasche Verlag, Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-925286-89-6
  • Žarko Radaković: Knifer, Povest o Juliju Kniferu , Radio B92, Beograd 1994. ISBN 86-7963-007-1
  • Pascal Pique: L'Art de Julije Knifer, Dijon, université de Bourgogne, 1990.
  • Arnauld Pierre: Julije Knifer. Méandres. Société nouvelle Adam Biro, Paris 2001. ISBN 2-87660-309-8
  • Zvonko Maković: Julije Knifer . Zagreb 2002. ISBN 953-206-057-X
  • Hrvatski biografski leksikon , Volume 7, 2009 ( ISBN 978-953-268-009-6 )
  • Iva Stefanovski: Julije Knifer: painter of absurd , dissertation, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 2016, doi : 10.15496 / publication-10284

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personal data
SURNAME Knifer, Julije
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Osijek
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2004
Place of death Paris