The founders of naive art in Kovačica and its most important representatives

During these fruitful years of work, 45 painters passed through the gallery. Their paintings adorn galleries and private houses on all meridians of the world. The founders of naive art, whose paintings are all included in the gallery collection, are: Martin Paluška, Jan Sokol, Vladimir Boboš, Jan Knjazovic, Michal Bireš,...

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  • During these fruitful years of work, 45 painters passed through the gallery.
  • Their paintings adorn galleries and private houses on all meridians of the world.
  • The founders of naive art, whose paintings are all included in the gallery collection, are: Martin Paluška, Jan Sokol, Vladimir Boboš, Jan Knjazovic, Michal Bireš, Martin Jonaš, Jan Venjarski,
  • Ondrej Venjarski, Pavel Lacko, Pavel Hrk, Jan Garaj, Zuzana Halupova, Katarina Kožikova, Ondrej Pilh, Jan Strakušek.
  • The most important representatives of the first generation of painters, who raised Kovaciča to the very top of the world of self-taught painting, are Zuzana Halupova, better known as Mama Zuzana, and famous painters Martin Jonaš and Jan Knjazovic.