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:Naïve art, Post War Art, Surrealism

Creators Germany

Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798 - 1868)
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
1798 - 1868
Rudolf Alexander Agricola (1912 - 1990)
Rudolf Alexander Agricola
1912 - 1990
Julius Hofmann (1983)
Julius Hofmann
1983
Horst Rellecke (1951)
Horst Rellecke
1951
Stefan Wewerka (1928 - 2013)
Stefan Wewerka
1928 - 2013
Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861 - 1941)
Paul Müller-Kaempff
1861 - 1941
Friedrich Nerly (1807 - 1878)
Friedrich Nerly
1807 - 1878
Hugo Kotschenreiter (1854 - 1908)
Hugo Kotschenreiter
1854 - 1908
Karl Caspar (1879 - 1956)
Karl Caspar
1879 - 1956
Friedrich August Weinzheimer (1882 - 1947)
Friedrich August Weinzheimer
1882 - 1947
Michael Mathias Prechtl (1926 - 2003)
Michael Mathias Prechtl
1926 - 2003
Carl Fey (1867 - 1939)
Carl Fey
1867 - 1939
Helmut Dirnaichner (1942)
Helmut Dirnaichner
1942
Otto Fischer-Trachau (1878 - 1958)
Otto Fischer-Trachau
1878 - 1958
Wilhelm von Breitschwert (1828 - 1875)
Wilhelm von Breitschwert
1828 - 1875
Barbara Ehrmann (1962)
Barbara Ehrmann
1962

Creators Naïve art

Carl van Vechten (1880 - 1964)
Carl van Vechten
1880 - 1964
Olga Mikhailovna Bogdanova (1921 - 2006)
Olga Mikhailovna Bogdanova
1921 - 2006
Ivan Albright (1897 - 1983)
Ivan Albright
1897 - 1983
Karl-Heinz Krause (1924 - 2019)
Karl-Heinz Krause
1924 - 2019
Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov (1927 - 1998)
Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov
1927 - 1998
Walter Mafli (1915 - 2017)
Walter Mafli
1915 - 2017
Tristram Hillier (1905 - 1983)
Tristram Hillier
1905 - 1983
Thomas Lanier Williams (1911 - 1983)
Thomas Lanier Williams
1911 - 1983
Hugo Friedrich Hartmann (1870 - 1960)
Hugo Friedrich Hartmann
1870 - 1960
Liselotte Moser (1906 - 1983)
Liselotte Moser
1906 - 1983
Jože Peternelj-Mausar (1927 - 2013)
Jože Peternelj-Mausar
1927 - 2013
Yves Galgon (1948)
Yves Galgon
1948
Yevgeny Grigoryevich Mikhnov-Voytenko (1932 - 1988)
Yevgeny Grigoryevich Mikhnov-Voytenko
1932 - 1988
Robert Kushner (1949)
Robert Kushner
1949
Pravoslav Sovák (1926 - 2022)
Pravoslav Sovák
1926 - 2022
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 - 1972)
Maurits Cornelis Escher
1898 - 1972