Zuzana Chalupova 1925-2001 - Painting Serbia Naif Art Couple In Winter Oil Signed

Original oil on embedded canvas, 67 cm x 50 cm, signed lower right Zuzana Chalupova, dated 1965, and representing a couple in their house in winter.

Painting in very good original condition.
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Zuzana Chalupova 1925-2001
Zuzana Chalupová was a Serbian naïve painter of Slovak origin, who was born and lived all her life in the town of Kovačica, Serbia. His colorful paintings in a naive style are reminiscent of children's works and illustrations from fairy tales. In the 1950s, she began making scarves, shirts and tapestries with traditional designs. After earning some money selling tapestries, she bought oil paint and started painting on canvas. She painted her first oil painting on canvas named Mlaćenje konoplja (Hemp Beating) in 1964. She enjoyed imminent success. She exhibited her paintings at the Museum of Naive Arts in Svetozarevo and in Kovačica during the "Kovačički oktobar" festival. His first personal exhibition dates back to 1968 in Dubrovnik where all the paintings were bought by foreign collectors. Although she never had children of her own, the most frequent motif in Chalupová's paintings were children. Even adults (some with mustaches) look like children in his paintings. His other frequent motifs are winter, the church of Kovačica and biblical themes. Chalupová made many paintings for charitable purposes. She painted a monumental picture for the International Committee of the Red Cross depicting children with members of the Red Cross. In 1978, she made a painting named "Zaštitimo spomenike kulture" (Let's protect cultural heritage!) for the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia. The painting depicts the Gračanica monastery, the Pobednik statue, Serbian Orthodox priests with children in traditional Slovak costumes and God watching all this from the sky. In 1974, Chalupová made a painting for UNICEF headquarters titled Children of the UN, full of symbols: It depicts the Earth, UNICEF headquarters and the Statue of Liberty surrounded by children and angels with olive branches. In the same year, his painting Zima (Winter) was printed by UNICEF's Christmas card program in two million copies. It is referenced in the main quotation books and Naïve Art guides, as well as on www.artprice.com/ with great sales.