Ivan Generalić

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Ivan Generali? (December 21, 1914 – November 27, 1992) was a Croatian naïve art painter.

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Generali? was born in Hlebine near Koprivnica. In elementary school, painting lessons were his greatest joy and as a child he used to earn money. He mostly drew with pencil on paper bags and some of these sketches were seen by Krsto Hegedu?i?, at the time (1930) just a student of the art academy, later a professor. Hegedu?i? was impressed with Generali?'s work and organized Generali?'s first public art exhibition, held in 1931 in the Zagreb Art pavilion. Positive critiques and contacts at the time led to a new era of not only Croatian, but also world art as well.

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After World War II, in 1945 he became a member of ULUH (society of Croatian artists). In 1953 he exhibited in Paris, where he lived and painted for a few months. In 1959 he painted The Deer Wedding - his most valuable work, according to followers of the Croatian naïve art world.

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Generali? has a large number of followers, beside his colleagues who form the first generation - Franjo Mraz and Mirko Virius. His second generation followers are Franjo Filipovi?, Dragan Ga?i, Josip Generali?, Ivan Ve?enaj.

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Croatia: The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union....

Naïve art: Na?ve art is created by untrained artists. It is characterized by simplicity and a lack of the elements or qualities found in the art of formally trained artists. (See also, outsider art.)...

Hlebine: REDIRECT Hlebine (municipality)...

Ivan Generalić related Images and Photos (experimental)

Ivan Rodriguez	Ivan III the Great	Ivan IV the Terrible	Ivan Desny: Oss 117 N'Est Pas Mort 1956
Portrait of Ivan S. Turgenev (1818-83) 1879	Detroit Tigers- Ivan Rodriguez	Ivan 'Whiplash' Vanko Iron Man 2 Action Figure -- 4''	Portrait of Ivan Turgenev (1818-83)
Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552 1894	Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552 1894	Portrait of Ivan A. Krylov 1832	Portrait of Ivan Bunin 1905