⚡Sunday Art Snapshot: Croatian Naïve Art ⚡

Croatia's unique self-taught art tradition

Ivan Generalić: Deer’ Wedding, 1959 (created using Adobe Express)

Croatian Naïve Art is a vibrant movement, recognized globally for its distinctive style and themes, which began in the early 1930s with the founding of the Hlebine School.

Artists like Ivan Generalić and Franjo Mraz were self-taught painters who focused on rural life, using bold colors and exaggerated perspectives to depict everyday scenes.

One unique feature is the reverse glass painting technique, where artists painted on the back of glass panes to create fascinating images.

These works offer a nostalgic, dreamlike view of village life and are displayed in the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb, one of the first museums dedicated to this genre.

This flashfact is a reference to my JourneyJots post:

Old City of Dubrovnik: More Than Just King’s Landing

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