humorgrafe

 The original New Year greetings - New Year's cards - which were born once in Victorian England (18th century) are now not only small - funny, smiling, comic to absurd paintings of artful paintings from the studios of painters and graphic designers. Traditional symbols of alternating years - old and new - farewells and welcomes - in the period from Advent, the Three Kings until the third decade of January have become indispensable messengers of good news - wishes of health, happiness and achievements, personal, family and work.

 Today's famous New Year greetings - such as small, paper paintings - with Christian attributes and the symbol of winter - eaters decorated with snow duvets, winter landscapes and animals were created /i.e. on the islands to order thanks to rich and wealthy families. 

They soon appeared in the old Europe and penetrated the then Russian Empire.  And their insever was found. In Prague, the painter Viktor Stretti - the first - enriched his own New Year's paper congratulations with a written supplement P.F. - "congratulations - to happiness" in the form/form/ of two French words "Pour Féliciter". His idea, his grandson, his abbreviated, only two-song form of the magically magical acronym "P.S." have preserved the New Year's to this day.

They have gradually spread beyond the continent - into the world. Today, inherently, at the turn of the year - thanks to the emergence of the postal service, the world is ingesting on all continents. From America, Africa to Australia. It's the third century.

                                                              WE ARE PLEASED THAT... 

"The alternation of years is now popular with painters on all continents. It is a welcome and spectacular opportunity for artists (mainly thanks to e-mail now/ their virtual presentation - to present their author's works - New Year's works", says Peter Závacký, curator of cartoon from Bratislava.

" And not only for painters. But also for their fans and fans of fine art. They all have a great opportunity to see their likable artwork every year in a variety of art techniques. From classic 'repro' postcards to fine opus. Funny and smiling drawings and paintings. Engraving and lithograph graphics, collages and photo collages, also PC-techniques. All great art-works from leading, well-known and popular painters and cartoonists. Authors of domestic and also from the world, countries close and distant - cartoonists, painters, graphic designers, cartoonists. But today also artists from the ranks of poets and writers /with a gift to draw/, who also added a verse or an aphorism or , an epigraph. They all visually please their eye together and caress their souls," added curator Závacký.

                                                   SATISFIED AND SMILING FACES       

"Satisfied smiling and faces at my recent exhibitions in Slovakia and the Czech Republic - exclusive presentations of international art - cartoon project "ART TRIBUTE To "PF" "they are for me this kind and joyful proof."

And there's something else I want - as the author - to say - to add. Why hide it. I'll be proud to say that. When drawing, painting and drawing new year's books, they always have solo (long since/ cartoonists). Masters of humor in graphics - an art humorous acronym. They draw quickly, in a flash. Excellent. And they also think fast - but especially wisely, warmly, honestly and thoughtfully. Cartoonists discover the hidden truth. They're like kids - they don't lie...

Despite the unplanned virus, the artists didn't rest and didn't start lazy even now - when the years were alternating - 2020 and 2021 - they drew, painted, engraved, christianized - they made their kumštom a great fan. But they also delighted themselves and stroked their egos. On merit. 

Moreover, for more than a decade now, New Year'saries are also the subject of passionate collecting interest. With us, in Europe and in the world. Especially artistic New Year's pieces from the studios of recognized masters of palette, brush and engraving are searched.

And who today has in his collection in Bratislava and Prague "opus" Tibor Bartffay, Arpád Račko, Ján Kulich, Karol Zachar, Jura Kotouček, Lubomír Vaněk, Bohuna Plocháňová, Milan Vavra, Jiři Trnka, Adolf Born, Jiři Winter Neprakta, Vladimir Suchánek, or in a world with the handmnance paraphse of Jefimov, Motchalov, Kukrynixy, Lososinov, Rachkov, Voznyuk, Sabat, Baptistao, Balea, Boligan, Bouschet, JUNCO, Rassing, Sousa, Amorin, Gargalo, Yalcin, Ionescu, Cvetkov, Eschonkulov, Gutcol, Semendyaev - happy to be among the collectors of their opus

Also let us be satisfied by the realization that this beautiful habit of sending you to the new year "PF" he didn't lose any of his magic. Not for centuries. Miraculously, it was preserved even at a time of dominance of sms and e-post.

MINI-EXPOSURE ART TRIBUTE TO "P.F. 2021" 

It is therefore very timely to recall the strength of this rare long-standing tradition in the new year and habit with us - the elderly - on our favorite and watched portal of the  Master OSVALDO MACEDO DE SOUSA. 

From the quantities of New Year's orders from friends from my post PF 2021 I have selected for you, if you will allow, at least "dear" ONE LARGER DOZEN, small but also large and original smiling works of art - New Year's - in the form of this Mini-Exposition ART TRIBUTE TO "P.F. 2021 " from friends and recognized masters of humorous visual acronym - in our country and in the world - from the Danube River and the Vltava River, but also from the Amazon, Nevy - Rivers, Bosphorus and The Wall of China...  namely Jozef Jurko, Jozef Hudák, Jozef Grušpier, Stano Remeselník, Lubo Radena, Rasťo Visokay /Slovakia/, Lubomír Vaněk, Jitka Dolejšová, Miroslav Šesták, Maria Plotěná, Pavel Matuška /Czech Republic/, from Greece Katarína Yourčková... Spaniard Manuel Junco, Frenchman René Bouschet, Brazilian Amorin, Russian Vasily Alexandrov, Belarusian Oleg Gutzol, Chinese Zhu Chen and Turk Hasip Pekta.

Art - the art of New Year's art is accessible to every artist across continents. Professionals - painters and cartoonists, amateurs without art education, who draw only for their own pleasure, or with the hope of provoking a smile on the face not only friends. As well as competitive and non-competitive presentations of cartoon humour from Merida to Vladivostok, from Murmansk to Johaneburg, from Sydney to the Easter Islands..

As always, you need to start from what is the simplest and at the same time the most interesting...

// posted by humorgrafe @ 4:07 PM