Umjetnost povezuje obitelji: Vasko Lipovac (14.6.1931.-4.7.2006.)

Vasko Lipovac (June 14, 1931 – July 4, 2006) was a Croatian painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, illustrator and scenographer and one of the most prominent artists of the region.  He is best known for his minimalist figuration and use of intense, unmodulated and often dissonant palette. (http://www.vaskolipovac.com/biography/)

The American Rosalie Lehrman (Bonoff) was traveling around Europe in the fall of 1969. Thereby she bought a few works by the artist Vaso Lipovac at his gallery located then nearby the Maritime Museum in Kotor. One of the purchased art pieces contains on its back a dedication to Rosalie. Almost five decades afterwards, her grandson Evan Rosen was also traveling through Europe, and when visiting Split, he decided to contact the Lipovac family. It turned out that Vasko’s art purchased in Kotor back in 1969 was kept by Rosalie’s family as a small fortune, inherited between the generations. These photographs depict Vasko Lipovac’s works, which were purchased in 1969 by Rosalie Lehrman (Bonoff) and brought to San Francisco. Her grandson Evan Rosen took photographs of the works so that they could be listed in the official Vasko Lipovac catalogue. The Atelje Vasko Lipovac granted the permission to use the photographs for the occasion.
 
The virtual exhibition of the works of Vasko Lipovac in the American family you can view here.


Vasko Lipovac (14.6.1931.-4.7.2006.), hrvatski slikar, kipar i grafičar, ilustrator i scenograf, jedan od najistaknutijih umjetnika u regiji. Poznat je po minimalističkoj figuraciji i svojoj snažnoj, nemoduliranoj te često disonantnoj paleti. (http://www.vaskolipovac.com/biography/)

Amerikanka Rosalie Lehrman (Bonoff) putovala je Europom u jesen 1969. godine. Na svojem putovanju kupila je nekoliko umjetnina od Vaska Lipovca u njegovoj galeriji koja se tada nalazila blizu pomorskog muzeja u Kotoru. Na pozadini jedne od kupljenih umjetnina Vasko Lipovac napisao je posvetu Rosalieji. Gotovo pet desetljeća kasnije njezin unuk Evan Rosen također je putovao Europom i prilikom posjete Splitu odlučio se javiti obitelji Lipovac. Ispostavilo se da Vaskove umjetnine kupljene u Kotoru davne 1969. godine ostale u obitelji i poput malog obiteljskog blaga koje se nasljeđivalo kroz generacije. Na fotografijama možete pogledati umjetnine Vaska Lipovca koje je 1969. godine Rosalie Lehrman (Bonoff ) kupila i odnijela u San Francisco. Fotografije je snimio njezin unuk Evan Rosen kako bi se slike mogle uvrstiti u katalog Lipovčevih umjetnina.  Fotografije je ustupio Atelje Vasko Lipovac.

Virtualnu izložbu umjetničkih djela Vaska Lipovca u američkoj obitelji možete pogledati ovdje.