Velimir Trnski

Rođen sam u Podravini (sjeverna Hrvatska). Nakon završene Akademije likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu školovanje sam nastavio na grafičkom odsjeku Rietveld akademije u Amsterdamu.

Dosad sam održao 103 izložbi u Austriji, Belgiji, Njemačkoj, Nizozemskoj, Hrvatskoj, Francuskoj, bivšoj Jugoslaviji i SAD-u i moji su radovi otkupljeni za privatne kolekcije u Amsterdamu, Beču, Berlinu, Münchenu, Haagu, New Yorku, Sydneyu, Tokiju i Zagrebu.

Od 1985. godine živim i radim u Parizu, Haagu i Zagrebu.

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Velimir Trnski

I was born in Podravina, a region of northern Croatia.  Upon graduating at the Art Academy in Zagreb I continued my studies at the Rietveld Academy, in Amsterdam.

I have had 103 exhibitions so far, in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, France, and the US.  My works are in private collections in Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, the Hague, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, and Zagreb.

Since 1985, I have been residing in Paris, the Hague and Zagreb.

www.trnski.com

S nenadmašnom lakoćom slikar bilježi događaje, susrete, dolaske, odlaske, aktove, djetinjstva - sve u jednom tajnom kvadratu napukle tišine.

Ako je žena voda oplođena svjetlošću, onda je slikar uspio savršenom elipsom u njoj i izvan nje naslikati stvaranje početka.

Od prvih radova do niza ženskih likova, svako je ulje na svoj način ugravirano u vrijeme i prostor laserskom energijom. Zelena svila i rubinski konji SOUVENIRS anatomija su jednog TRENUTKA.

Slike Velimira Trnskog podsjećaju na nebeske zidove jabuka... na broševe, molitvu, ili pak pokoru.

U osami često naslanja čelo o prozor. Oni koji ga poznaju reći će bez zadrške: Trnski je slikar iz prelijepe zemlje, zemlje smaragdnih livada, neukroćena vjetra i kobaltna mora. Svaki potez olovke pečat je za sebe. Takva su mu djela, takav mu je život.

Je li Trnski hrvatski Klimt ili Vrubl? Nađimo prostora za budućnost i odgovor.

Maria Doverspike, Washington

With a lightness and an easiness unsurpassed, the artist chronicles events, encounters, comings and goings, nudes, childhood days - all in a mysterious frame of broken silence.

If a woman is water, impregnated by light, then the artist succeeded - with a perfect ellipse, inside and outside of her, the painter paints the creation of the beginning.

From his earliest works to the string of female faces, each of Trnski's oils bears time and space engraved, as if cut with a laser.  Green silk and ruby horses, SOUVENIRS,  they are an anatomy of a MOMENT in time.

Trnski’s paintings bring to mind heavenly walls of apples.... they recall brooches, they bring back a prayer, they call for atonement.

In solitude, he presses his forehead against the window.  Those that know him do not hesitate to say:  Trnski is a painter from a beautiful country, land of emerald meadows, land of unharnessed wind, land of cobalt-blue sea.  With each and every draw of his pencil he leaves a lasting imprint. Such is his art, such is his life.

Is Trnski a Croatian Klimt or Vrubl? Let's make room for future, and the answer.

Maria Doverspike, Washington

Djelo Velimira Trnskog zrači mirnom senzualnošću ispod koje se nazire slikarski naboj.

Nije li ta mirnoća samo maska jedne razdiruće strasti? Njegova se djela mogu smjestiti u čitavu jednu tradiciju koja pomalo podsjeća na bečki sjaj Klimta ili Kokoschke. Međutim, ne bi trebalo previše inzistirati na ovoj usporedbi. Kod Trnskoga je LIJEPO obilježeno realizmom obogaćenim dozom izvanvremenskog.

Velimir Trnski's work radiates a calm sensuousness under which lurks the artist's real energy.

Isn't this calmness just a mask for a burning passion?  His works could be part of a tradition reminiscent of Klimt and Kokoschka.  However, one need not insist too much on such a comparison. With Trnski, BEAUTIFUL is marked with realism enhanced with a certain amount of extratemporal.

Stephane Rey, Bruxelles, 1992