Vintage '90 Linocut store Landscape Print titled pred chalupou or "In front of the Cottage" and signed by listed Slovak artist Ivan Horyna
This awesome vintage wood block print or linocut was created by listed artist Ivan Horyna. It is pencil signed and dated 1990 in the lower right corner by the artist. It's also titled "pred chalupou" or "In front of the Cottage". This piece depicts a landscape scene tucked into a valley with the sun beginning to set off in the distance. There's also a figure standing with a dog in the foreground. The subdued color palette features beiges, blues, and blacks. This piece was done on heavy weight off white paper and is beautiful in person.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Painter and graphic artist Ivan Horyna comes from Martin (b. 1937). Academy of Fine Arts successfully completed in 1962 in Bratislava. His professor was a national artist Vincent Hložník. Horyna does not only graphics, but also oil paintings, mostly landscapes. In the field of graphic production, however, it is masterfully. The starting point is understanding figured it difficult composition kresebná culturalism lines and creating expressive forms. Details always come out feeling for composition and to submit to it. It builds at a glance and exaggeration, which is the manifestation of a sensitive subject, which gives his work dynamic and dramatic effect. For decades created several cycles of prints, devoted to different topics. Decades ago, conducted series of graphics "Indian myths", which sold out very fast. Critics about it wrote that builds on a glance and exaggeration, which gives his work dynamic and dramatic effect. Ivan Horyna sometimes deliberately goes beyond reality and stepped in the composition imaginative element. Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Dimensions (approx):
Image area - 25 1/4” W x 11 3/4” H
Paper (outside edge) - 29 1/4" W x 16 1/4" H
Condition: Very Good. There are some creases (the worst being on the left side and bottom of the print) and a tiny bit of yellowing to the paper store. Most of these issues are outside of the framing area and would be sorted out once matted and framed. Awesome piece by a rare artist. Would look incredible in any vintage, mid-century or modern decor.
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