Ivan Pavle

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Ivan Pavle
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Pavle in 2013
Born (1955-03-08) 8 March 1955 (age 69)
Galanta, Czechoslovakia (modern day Slovakia)
Nationality Slovak
Alma mater Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava
OccupationPainter
PartnerSoňa Pavleová
Children2
Website ivanpavle.sk
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Ivan Pavle (born March 8, 1955) [1] is a Slovak painter with a distinct style focusing on the human form. [2] He combines classical painting with the results of experimental painting to play with sensory perception. [3]

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Life

Pavle was born in Galanta, Slovakia to Matej Pavle and Alžbeta Pavleová. He grew up in Prievidza with two brothers, Matej and Slavomír. He completed primary school in Prievidza in 1970. After attending high school in Tvrdošín, Pavle studied engineering before graduating and going on to study fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava under professors Dezider Castiglione and Ivan Vychlopen. He graduated in 1981 [4] and married his Fine Arts classmate, Soňa Oravcová. They have two children. Since then, Pavle has pursued an artistic career focused on painting, drawing, graphics, and sculpture. [5] [6]

Style and methods

Pavle's art is characterized by figurative painting, nudes, torsos, and faces covered by masks. [7] The representation of the human body is further reinforced by emphasising the gestures, body shapes in motion, and relationship studies of two and more characters. [2] [8]

Another major and recurring theme in Pavle’s work is mythology, which is demonstrated in an ongoing cycle of paintings about Babylon, [9] as well as in other art pieces showing fictitious landscapes and mysterious characters with animal features. [10]

His work has been noted for its intensity and distinctive style. Pavle employs older techniques in combination with his own specific artistic processes. [11] His work combines tradition and respect for the material while focusing on contemporary content. [12]

Monograph

In 2015, the Slovak publisher Herial published Pavle, a Slovak-English monograph on Pavle written by fine art theorist Ivan Jančár. [13] In this book, Jančár writes about Pavle's work:

His painting expression was not aimed at the search for a fashionable expression, but at the essence of artistic creation. Painting merged with his life - he was always a painter with strong self-discipline. From the beginning he was an exemplary figuralist, he studied matter, analyzed the possibilities of decomposition of this matter, movement or its sequences. He depicted human emotions in relaxed mental states. It didn't matter whether the figures had a distinctly expressive or meditative character, they always had a strong expression with a thorough knowledge of anatomy.

— Ivan Jančár, Pavle

Exhibitions and awards

Pavle‘s works have been exhibited in Slovak and foreign galleries in Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, France, Monaco, Italy, Thailand, and the USA.

Pavle attended numerous creative workshops, mainly in the United States and France, where he was awarded the Jury Prize at the International Festival of Painting in Cagnes sur Mer in 1989. His works are represented in galleries and private collections around the world: [2] [7]

Virtual tours

Pavle often makes virtual tours of his exhibitions with the stated goal of making them "immortal". The links for two of them may be found below. [7]

Books about author

References

  1. ↑ "Spectrum ART - Výtvarná scéna - Umelci". Spectrum-art.sk. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ivan Pavle: In the Sign of Pisces | Jan Koniarek Gallery in Trnava". Gjk.sk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Pavle Ivan". Gallery Gwerk. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "JONÁŠ A VEĽRYBA | Danubiana". danubiana.sk. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Ivan Pavle". Ivanpavle.sk. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  6. ↑ "Ivan Pavle | osobnosti.sk | životopisy, diela, tvorba, články, linky". www.szemelyisegek.hu. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  7. 1 2 3 "Fabulous art exhibit of Slovak painter Ivan Pavle at SNM".
  8. ↑ a.s, Petit Press. "Ivan Pavle: Poslanie sa dá nahmatať ako tep - Bratislava SME". bratislava.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Slovakia, Ivan Pavle | Museum of contemporary art, Painting, Large painting". Pinterest. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  10. ↑ "Spectrum ART - Výtvarná scéna - Ivan Pavle". Spectrum-art.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Ivan Pavle | osobnosti.sk | životopisy, diela, tvorba, články, linky". www.szemelyisegek.hu. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  12. ↑ "Twenty ONE Slovak artists" (PDF). Olga Art Gallery. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  13. ↑ Jančár, Ivan (2015-03-14). "Pavle". Martinus (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  14. ↑ "Krištáľové krídlo za rok 2015 získalo jedenásť slovenských osobností". teraz.sk (in Slovak). 24 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Martinus.sk 2000–2014 (2007-05-20). > Knihy: Ivan Pavle (Daniel Hevier). Martinus.sk. Retrieved 2014-05-15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "Ivan Pavle je jednou z najvýraznejších osobností strednej maliarskej generácie na Slovensku".
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