Contemporary members of the Gallery – Jan Bačur

Jan Bačur was born in 1937 in Padina. He completed four grades of primary school in Padina, and then another four in Kovačica. He then graduated from a technical school for administration in Belgrade. Before he retired, he worked as a civil servant. Bačur lives and works in Padina and...

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  • Jan Bačur was born in 1937 in Padina.
  • He completed four grades of primary school in Padina, and then another four in Kovačica. He then graduated from a technical school for administration in Belgrade. Before he retired, he worked as a civil servant.
  • Bačur lives and works in Padina and is a member of the Gallery of Naïve Art since 1985.
  • Technique: oil on canvas, drawings.
  • Teme i motivi: žanr motiv, portret, veduta, pejzaž.
  • Themes and motifs: genre art, portraits, panoramas, landscapes.
  • Main characteristics of his work: since he paints his hometown of Padina as it used to be in the past, he is known as a true chronicler of the life in Padina; he is one of the rare painters who also produce portraits.
  • The Gallery collection includes 30 of his paintings.