I travelled to see The Entertainer Woman/Woman of Mantua and The Woman by Pietro Ghizzardi at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art, in Zagreb. Come join me there too. Welcome to Art, Culture & Travel with me, Anthony King.
Pietro Ghizzardi was born in 1960 in a region North of Italy called Mantua and his family were farm workers. He was self taught and his paintings remind me slightly of Modigliani… really powerful, sensual and with an edge to them. Today we’re travelling to the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb which displays works of untrained and self taught artists, which is what “naïve” means in this case. The museum is a standout in Zagreb and totally recommended; they display two paintings back to back: The Entertainer Woman/Woman of Mantua and The Woman, in a very novel way.
By Anthony King (c)