SchweineHirte by Ivan Generalic
Ivan Generalic
SchweineHirte
1979
Oil on glass
Framed: 29 ¼ x 25 ¼ in
Image: 23 ¾ x 19 ⅞ in
Condition: Very good but with one loss
Notes: Artist is the father of the movement
Provenance: With the artist; Blagoje Masic [Frankfurt, prior to 1990]; Walter McCarthy [Frankfurt, later United States, December 1990]; Private collection by descent from above, 2023
Ivan Generalic was a Croatian painter. He is remembered for his highly stylized, vibrant, and almost hallucinatory landscapes of rural farm life which he combined with incisive political commentary. Generalic made his works through a unique process of applying oil paint on the reverse of a pane of glass, creating a shimmering, screen-like quality in the final paintings. His images teem with anachronisms, with landscapes endowed with animation-like sequencing or contemporary architecture appearing in the midst of archaic Croatian country. The artist enjoyed significant success in his lifetime, inspiring generations of artists in his stead that included Franjo Mraz and Franjo Filipovic. Born on December 21, 1914 in Hlebine, Croatia, he died on November 27, 1992 in Koprivnica, Croatia.
Biography from ArtNet
