Franjo Klopotan (1938 - 2019)

Franjo Klopotan (1938 - 2019) - photo 1

Franjo Klopotan

Franjo Klopotan is a Croatian surrealist painter.

Klopotan is considered a master of naive art in postwar Croatia. He began painting in 1959 and had his first solo exhibition in Zagreb in 1963. Later, during his stay in Germany, participating in exhibitions, he gained international fame.

Franjo Klopotan is a painter of waking dreams, bringing elements of surrealism and popular fantasy into his work.

Klopotan was a member of the Croatian Society of Naive Artists, the Croatian Society of Fine Artists and the Association of Croatian Artists.

Date and place of birt:16 september 1938, Novi Marof, Croatia
Date and place of death:6 october 2019, Novi Marof, Croatia
Nationality:Germany, Croatia
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Genre:Fabulous epic genre, Fantasy
Art style:Post War Art, Surrealism, Naïve art

Creators Germany

Udo Lindenberg (1946)
Udo Lindenberg
1946
Max Radler (1904 - 1971)
Max Radler
1904 - 1971
Gottfried Brockmann (1903 - 1983)
Gottfried Brockmann
1903 - 1983
Albert Baur I (1835 - 1906)
Albert Baur I
1835 - 1906
Konrad von Kardorff (1877 - 1945)
Konrad von Kardorff
1877 - 1945
Carl Johann Martin Lorenz (1888 - 1961)
Carl Johann Martin Lorenz
1888 - 1961
Thomas Jastram (1959)
Thomas Jastram
1959
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne (1826 - 1901)
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne
1826 - 1901
Ulrich Leman (1885 - 1988)
Ulrich Leman
1885 - 1988
Daniel Lergon (1978)
Daniel Lergon
1978
Christoph Scheiner (1573 - 1650)
Christoph Scheiner
1573 - 1650
Moriz Melzer (1877 - 1966)
Moriz Melzer
1877 - 1966
Josef Wittlich (1903 - 1982)
Josef Wittlich
1903 - 1982
Gerhard Richter (1932)
Gerhard Richter
1932
Carl Rodeck (1841 - 1909)
Carl Rodeck
1841 - 1909
Fanny Assenbaum (1848 - 1901)
Fanny Assenbaum
1848 - 1901

Creators Naïve art

Raisa Grigorevna Aleshina (1932 - 2006)
Raisa Grigorevna Aleshina
1932 - 2006
Daniel Sabater y Salabert (1888 - 1951)
Daniel Sabater y Salabert
1888 - 1951
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 - 1969)
Erwin Blumenfeld
1897 - 1969
Elza Karlovna Shvalbe-Matveeva (1903 - 2006)
Elza Karlovna Shvalbe-Matveeva
1903 - 2006
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Paula Stöver (1918 - 1982)
Paula Stöver
1918 - 1982
Mersad Berber (1940 - 2012)
Mersad Berber
1940 - 2012
Ilya Kabakov (1933 - 2023)
Ilya Kabakov
1933 - 2023
 T. C. Cannon (1946 - 1978)
T. C. Cannon
1946 - 1978
Ivo Hauptmann (1886 - 1973)
Ivo Hauptmann
1886 - 1973
Mikhail Fedorovich Konov (1928)
Mikhail Fedorovich Konov
1928
Ho Baron (1941)
Ho Baron
1941
Emil Bollmann (1885 - 1955)
Emil Bollmann
1885 - 1955
Klaus Bendixen (1924 - 2003)
Klaus Bendixen
1924 - 2003
Egon Pukall (1934 - 1989)
Egon Pukall
1934 - 1989
Claude Lalanne (1924 - 2019)
Claude Lalanne
1924 - 2019