Nenad Levinger

Nenad Levinger (born June 12, 1947 in Sveti Ivan Žabno near Zagreb ; † June 7, 2008 in Veli Lošinj ) was a Yugoslav and Croatian painter and draftsman.

Since 1960 his pictures have been shown at exhibitions in Croatia, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland and the USA. There is a collection in an “open studio” in his long-standing and last place of residence, Veli Lošinj.

biography

Levinger was born in 1947 as the third child of the pharmacist Ferdinand Levinger and his wife Ana. After his birth, the family moved to Bijeljina (Bosnia-Herzegovina), in 1953 to Doboj , 1955 to Rab , 1956 to Senj . Levinger sold his first oil painting there. His artistic development was encouraged by his father, the graphic artist Ivo Margeta and the painter and sculptor Peter Kos. Levinger's growing enthusiasm for abstract art was frowned upon by his father and led to differences. In 1961 the family moved to Mali Lošinj . Levinger attended the art academy in Zagreb for a while, but broke off and completed an apprenticeship at the commercial school in Mali Lošinj. Since 1962 he has exhibited his pictures regularly. In 1963 he met the writer and journalist Erich Kuby . This developed into a longstanding friendship and encouragement. In 1975 Levinger married Blaženka Herceg. Both have a son Zvezdan. In 1979 a gallery was opened in the family's private home in Veli Lošinj. From about this time on Levinger concentrated on watercolor painting with a tendency towards abstraction.

Artistic work

“Open Atelier”, Garina 5, Veli Lošinj

Levinger's more recent work is strongly influenced by life on the island of Lošinj . Many motifs come from there; The colors and light of the pictures are determined by the environment. They show not only the aesthetic beauty, but also the difficulties and hardships of life there, especially in the portraits of people living on the island. Other images show the rich but endangered world of nature. Christian motifs, erotic scenes, self-portraits and still lifes complete the spectrum. Some abstract pictures were created after Levinger had stopped painting for a while during the Croatian War. Levinger's techniques were varied. He used watercolors, pencil, chalk, red chalk, colored pencils and ink.

literature

• Martina Berger, Bernd Schmidt: Nenad Levinger. Translator: Marija Smolic. edition KAPPA, Munich, Salzburg, Rome 1997. ISBN 3-932000-33-1 (German, Croatian) With pictures from the 1980s and 1990s
• Blaženka Levinger-Herceg: Animatorica. The entertainer. L'animatrice. Self-published, Veli Lošinj 2008 (Croatian, German, Italian. Contains, among other things, memories of Nenad Levinger and pictures in autobiographical texts.)

Web links

• Museum of Lošinj (2009): Exhibition Nenad Levinger, (SELF) PORTRAIT
• Nenad Levinger: Photo documentation of some works