Ivan Lacković Croata was a Croatian naive

Naïve art

Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...

 painter.

Lacković was born to a peasant family in the village of Batinske near Kalinovac

Kalinovac

Kalinovac is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,725 inhabitants in the area, with Croats forming an absolute majority....

. After completing his primary education, he worked as a laborer in fields and forests. This self-taught painter made his first watercolors, depicting village life, in 1944. He drew his first drawings in 1952.

Lacković moved to Kloštar Podravski

Kloštar Podravski

Kloštar Podravski is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 3,603 inhabitants in the area, with Croats forming an absolute majority....

 in 1954.