Studio Generalic

Birth record from the year 1914.

16 July 2010

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We’d like to present a photograph of a genuine book with birth records of people born during December 1914 in Hlebine. As you can see at the bottom of the page there’s a record of Ivan Generalic being born on 21st, which was – Monday.

This was, of course, the first time that the name Ivan Generalic has been written and it was done by a priest in a local church.

The search for the book took several weeks and was eventually found in the Town hall archive in Koprivnica in 2009 as all records were moved several times during the WW2. The research was done by the City museum of Koprivnica.

Photo: Goran Generalic

Clearing the shelves

3 April 2010

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Clearing the shelves of works made by Milan Generalic (the cousin of famous Josip Generalic) – almost giving away a few water-colours.
Also, his oil on glass painting is being sold by one of our visitors, so please contact the owner directly – e-mail is below the enlarged image.
Thank you for your inquiries!

Special – Capital masterpieces

25 September 2009

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Dozen capital masterpieces made by Ivan and Josip Generalic from our collection are available for sale in our on-line art shop, so please do feel free to browse through some of the largest pieces we have.

Among offered artworks is the most famous naive art painting available for sale at the moment, the flagship of our collection – The Unicorn made by Ivan Generalic.
Also there’s probably the most famous masterpiece made by his son Josip Generalic – Vintage, being the best artwork we own from this artist.

The Unicorn
IG1961-03, Ivan Generalic, oil on glass masterpiece, 76 x 145 cm, 1961
Price: please e-mail us

One of the most famous and valuable masterpieces in Croatian Naive Art. The painting is presently on a safe location, not presented to public.

The back story of this masterpiece
The painting tells a story about a very old legend – in surrounding woods there was a magic Unicorn and only older couples often went in there to search for him. Why only them? Because the legend says – if an old man and woman see it, they will get young again and be forever in love! So, the painting shows that crucial moment of excitement when this couple achieved their long awaited moment!