Ivan Generalic

Ivan Generalic

painter

21st Dec 1914 (Hlebine, Croatia)
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27th Nov 1992 (Koprivnica, Croatia)

Born in Hlebine, a small village in Croatian region Podravina, on 21st Dec 1914.

In his childhood, while his friends played hide-and-seek, he used a small branchlet to make drawings in the sand. From that time until he died he never separated from a pencil or a brush.
In elementary scholl he liked painting lessons the most and his greatest joy was a sketch-book. The least he liked maths. As a child, to earn money for his painting material, he went to bowling and set up skittles for the players.

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Josip Generalic

Josip Generalic

painter

19th Feb 1936 (Hlebine, Croatia)
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22nd Dec 2004 (Koprivnica, Croatia)

Born in village of Hlebine, Republic of Croatia, on February 19, 1936.

First oil paintings on canvas date from 1950. His first public appearance took place in 1954 in the town of Krizevci near Koprivnica, where he graduated at the Teachers’ Training College.
In 1959 he displayed his artworks for the first time on a one-man exhibition in City’s museum in Koprivnica.

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