Ivan Rabuzin
Ivan Rabuzin | |
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Born | |
Died | December 18, 2008 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Croatian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Naïve art |
Ivan Rabuzin (27 March 1921 – 18 December 2008)[1] was a Croatian naïve artist. French art critic Anatole Jakovsky described him in 1972 as "one of the greatest naïve painters of all times and countries".[2]
Rabuzin's father was a miner, and Ivan was the sixth of his eleven children. Ivan worked as a carpenter for many years, and did not begin painting until 1956, when he was thirty-five years old. He had little formal training as an artist, but his first solo exhibition in 1960[3] proved successful and he changed careers, becoming a professional painter in 1962.[4] His 1963 exhibition in Galerie Mona Lisa in Paris marked the beginning of the rise of his international reputation.[3]
Rabuzin's art is characterized by dense geometric patterns of vegetation and clouds that form rich,
Rabuzin was active in politics as a member of
Rabuzin stopped painting in 2002 due to an illness.[2] He died on 18 December 2008 in a hospital in Varaždin, Croatia.[1]
See also
- On the hills - virgin forest
References
- ^ a b "Earth Times: Show/247087,croatian-naive-painter-rabuzin-dies-at-87.HTML".
- ^ a b "The 95th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Rabuzin". hmnu.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Klasik hrvatske i svjetske naive" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). 20 December 2008. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Galerie St. Etienne, Ivan Rabuzin". Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2006-01-14.
- ISSN 0004-3842.
- ^ n.a. (n.d.). "Mural Ivana Rabuzina". Nesvrstani.rs, Museum of African Art, Belgrade. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
External links
- Rabuzin Fine Art - Rabuzin silkscreens and information source on the artist's life and Work
- Ivan Rabuzin Gallery - Artist's homepage
- Rabuzin oil paintings, Rabuzin serigraphs, Rabuzin prints
- http://fineartcritics.blogspot.com/2010/02/ivan-rabuzin-1921-2008.html
- Raw Vision
- Artnet.com
- Galerie St. Etienne