Kovačić was born in Gornja Šuma, Molve, in the Podravina region of Croatia. He spent his childhood painting and looking after the family cow, which became an important theme in his paintings.[2] In 1953 at the age of eighteen he travelled to nearby Hlebine and met the Croatian painter Ivan Generalić, and a year later gave his first exhibition in Koprivnica.[2] In 2018 a gallery devoted to his work opened in Koprovnica.[3]
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The art of Mijo Kovačić is a late example of the Hlebine School of Croatian naïve art. His work often portrays rural wonderlands and the harsh peasant life of rural Croatia, described by academic and art critic Tonko Maroević as,
"With his memory he has evoked the rural environment almost unspoilt by civilisation, and his paintings renew the existential premises of action in limited, ‘untamed’ conditions of existence in a so-to-speak authentic natural setting. It has been said, and supported by many good reasons, that Kovačić’s painting are often of a medieval character, imbued with religion and mystique, inspired by apocalyptic suggestions and a Bosch-Bruegel-like narrative style."[4]
Kovačić's work typically consists of oil on glass.[4]
Referencesedit
^. hmnu.org. Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
mijo, kovačić, born, august, 1935, gornja, Šuma, molve, croatian, painter, naïve, artist, works, found, croatian, museum, naïve, zagreb, contents, life, work, references, external, linkslife, edit, nbsp, gale, over, ditch, 1976, kovačić, born, gornja, Šuma, mo. Mijo Kovacic born 5 August 1935 in Gornja Suma at Molve is a Croatian painter and naive artist His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naive Art in Zagreb 1 Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 References 4 External linksLife edit nbsp Gale over the Ditch 1976 by Mijo Kovacic Kovacic was born in Gornja Suma Molve in the Podravina region of Croatia He spent his childhood painting and looking after the family cow which became an important theme in his paintings 2 In 1953 at the age of eighteen he travelled to nearby Hlebine and met the Croatian painter Ivan Generalic and a year later gave his first exhibition in Koprivnica 2 In 2018 a gallery devoted to his work opened in Koprovnica 3 Work editThe art of Mijo Kovacic is a late example of the Hlebine School of Croatian naive art His work often portrays rural wonderlands and the harsh peasant life of rural Croatia described by academic and art critic Tonko Maroevic as With his memory he has evoked the rural environment almost unspoilt by civilisation and his paintings renew the existential premises of action in limited untamed conditions of existence in a so to speak authentic natural setting It has been said and supported by many good reasons that Kovacic s painting are often of a medieval character imbued with religion and mystique inspired by apocalyptic suggestions and a Bosch Bruegel like narrative style 4 Kovacic s work typically consists of oil on glass 4 References edit Masterpieces of Naive Art hmnu org Croatian Museum of Naive Art Archived from the original on 9 May 2012 Retrieved 27 February 2011 a b Mijo Kovacic Biography www mijokovacic com Retrieved 2018 10 01 FOTO Otvorena Galerija Mijo Kovacic u Koprivnici Glas Podravine i Prigorja in Croatian 2018 06 28 Retrieved 2018 10 01 a b Marginal Characters in Rural Wonderlands The Naive Art of Mijo Kovacic On Art and Aesthetics 2017 11 20 Retrieved 2018 10 01 External links editMijo Kovacic Homepage Galeria Mijo Kovacic Facebook This article about a Croatian painter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mijo Kovacic amp oldid 1173009797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
