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1936 - 2004. Known for: Painting.
Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by... Read full biography
Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by teaching positions in Virje and Hlebine and from 1960 onwards he worked as sports teacher in Zagreb. His... Read full biography
Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by teaching positions in Virje and Hlebine and from 1960 onwards he worked as sports teacher in Zagreb. His father inspired him to paint and in the mid-1960s, Generalic became a freelance artist with support from Swiss gallerist Bruno Bischofberger. In his first creative phase, he created descriptive and... Read full biography
Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by teaching positions in Virje and Hlebine and from 1960 onwards he worked as sports teacher in Zagreb. His father inspired him to paint and in the mid-1960s, Generalic became a freelance artist with support from Swiss gallerist Bruno Bischofberger. In his first creative phase, he created descriptive and anecdotal depictions of rural life in the style of the Hlebine School. After having moved to Zagreb in 1960 a change of theme and style took place, since the compositions, whose central theme are flowers and floral arabesques, feature surrealist and... Read full biography
Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by teaching positions in Virje and Hlebine and from 1960 onwards he worked as sports teacher in Zagreb. His father inspired him to paint and in the mid-1960s, Generalic became a freelance artist with support from Swiss gallerist Bruno Bischofberger. In his first creative phase, he created descriptive and anecdotal depictions of rural life in the style of the Hlebine School. After having moved to Zagreb in 1960 a change of theme and style took place, since the compositions, whose central theme are flowers and floral arabesques, feature surrealist and decorative elements. In the 1970s his style took a further turn, now his portraits of famous personalities expressed moti... Read full biography
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Josip Generalic was teacher, who had studied until 1956 at the College of Education in Križevci and continued to study at the Teacher Training College in Zagreb until 1962. This was followed by teaching positions in Virje and Hlebine and from 1960 onwards he worked as sports teacher in Zagreb. His father inspired him to paint and in the mid-1960s, Generalic became a freelance artist with support from Swiss gallerist Bruno Bischofberger.
In his first creative phase, he created descriptive and anecdotal depictions of rural life in the style of the Hlebine School. After having moved to Zagreb in 1960 a change of theme and style took place, since the compositions, whose central theme are flowers and floral arabesques, ...But wait, there's more...
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