Katarina Karlečik
(Kovačica, 1937)

Katarina Karlečik was born in Kovačica, where she also finished secondary school. She completed high school in Belgrade and then worked as an accountant in her home town. As she liked painting from an early age, she took painting lessons that were organized by Martin Jonas in 1954.  Because she finished high school in Belgrade, she has had the opportunity to continue her artistic training in the so-called `School of Sumatovac`. 

Katarina participated for the first time in the event `October in Kovačica` in 1957.  She then took a break from exhibiting for 20 years.

She had her first solo exhibition in 1969 in Kovačica. She became a member of the Gallery of Naïve Art in 1981. She currently lives as a retiree in Kovačica.

Katarina Karlečikova wanted to study painting at an academy of art. Her dream was not realized, but the desire to express herself through painting led her to become a naïve artist.

The artist depicts a country life in a traditional manner, from her childhood memories. It is an idyllic world presented in attractive colors. What distinguishes her from other painters is that she aims to eliminate the background of her paintings, by reducing it to a single color: blue, or most frequently red, and this emphasizes the psychological impact of the meaning of the color, and the figures which are set as ornaments on the land, gain a more profound meaning. Black figures in the movement against the red background look very exotic and appealing.

Katarina Karlečik's artworks in the fund of Gallery of naive art:

  1. Mother with a child, 70×48, 1975, 35/602
  2. At the table 45×63, 1975, 95/662
  3. In the room, 46×31, 1980, 146
  4. Field worker, 40×30, 1984, 171
  5. Tanner, 48×38, 1986, 200
  6. Reapers, 50×37, 1987, 230
  7. Feeding the baby, 30×30, 1991, 302
  8. Lunch in the field, 30×30, 1991, 301
  9. Playing in the snow, 85×35, 1990, 295
  10. Reapers rest, 63×44, 1987, 272
  11. Sunflowers, 30×40, 1990, 294
  12. Furrier, 80×70, 1992, 313
  13. Harvest, 46×39, 1993, 319
  14. Dawn, 35×35, 1994, 333
  15. Harvest triptych, 34×34, 34×34, 85×34, 1995, 352
  16. Wedding, 60×50, 1996, 373
  17. Thirst, 35×35, 1997, 390
  18. Sunrise, 50×60, 1998, 404
  19. Hemp processing, 50×60, 1998, 422
  20. Autumn, 53×63, 2000, 439
  21. Hemp processing, 50×70, 2001, 453
  22. Diggers, 40×50, 2002, 468
  23. Mower, 50×40, 2003, 484
  24. The horses run away, 40×30, 2004, 509
  25. The yard of my childhood, 30×40, 2006, 533
  26. A family of geese, 35×46, 2007, 548
  27. Winter, 60×40, 2007, 563/08
  28. Autumn fruits, 51×61, 2009, 569
  29. Rooster fight, 50×40, 2009, 582
  30. February, 50×70, 2012, 622
  31. Harvest, 50×35, 2014, 627
  32. Rooster, 20×30, 2014, 653
  33. Mowed grain, 20×30, 2016, 657
  34. The end of autumn, 50×50, 2019
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