Ivan Rabuzin
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Ivan Rabuzin was a Croatian naïve art
ist.
Rabuzin's father was a miner, and Ivan was the sixth of his eleven children. Ivan worked as a carpenter for many years, and did not begin painting until 1956, when he was thirty-five years old. He had little formal training as an artist, but his first exhibition of paintings proved successful and he changed careers, becoming a professional painter in 1962.
Rabuzin's paintings included Avenue and My Homeland. He was active in politics as a member of Croatian Democratic Union
, and from 1993 to 1999 he was also a member of the Croatian Parliament (in the second
and third assemblies). He took a stab at industrial design in the 1970s with a 500-piece run of the upscale Suomi tableware by Timo Sarpaneva
that Rabuzin decorated for the German Rosenthal porcelain
maker's Studio Linie.
Rabuzin died 18 December 2008 in a hospital in Zagreb
, Croatia
.
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...
ist.
Rabuzin's father was a miner, and Ivan was the sixth of his eleven children. Ivan worked as a carpenter for many years, and did not begin painting until 1956, when he was thirty-five years old. He had little formal training as an artist, but his first exhibition of paintings proved successful and he changed careers, becoming a professional painter in 1962.
Rabuzin's paintings included Avenue and My Homeland. He was active in politics as a member of Croatian Democratic Union
Croatian Democratic Union
The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...
, and from 1993 to 1999 he was also a member of the Croatian Parliament (in the second
Second assembly of the Croatian Parliament
The second assembly of the Parliament of Croatia was constituted on September 7, 1992 with mandates divived to 138 representatives after the August 2, 1992 elections.-Parliamentary officials:...
and third assemblies). He took a stab at industrial design in the 1970s with a 500-piece run of the upscale Suomi tableware by Timo Sarpaneva
Timo Sarpaneva
Timo Sarpaneva was an influential Finnish designer, sculptor, and educator best known in the art world for innovative work in glass, which often merged attributes of display art objects with utilitarian designations. While glass remained his most commonly addressed medium, he worked with metal,...
that Rabuzin decorated for the German Rosenthal porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
maker's Studio Linie.
Rabuzin died 18 December 2008 in a hospital in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
.
External links
- Rabuzin oil paintings, Rabuzin serigraphs, Rabuzin prints
- Ivan Rabuzin Gallery - Artist's homepage
- http://fineartcritics.blogspot.com/2010/02/ivan-rabuzin-1921-2008.html
- Raw Vision
- Artnet.com
- Galerie St. Etienne