Alfred Freddy Krupa MFA (1971) grandson and student of Alfred Krupa sr. (Poland, 1915 - Yugoslavia, 1989) graduated in 1995 at the Academy Of Fine Arts (ALU) of the University of Zagreb.
In 1998/99, as a postgraduate research student, he studied Japanese painting at Tokyo Gakugei University. Krupa also studied Art History (postgraduate scientific study) at the University of Zagreb (1996/1997, 1997/1998). In 2005 he finished additional art education study and has been given the formal permanent title of Professor of Drawing and Painting by the Croatian State Institute for Education. (Today Education and Teacher Training Agency- ETTA/AZOO).
The free bird (COVID-19 artwork no.2).Sepia with black and white ink& plastic pen, felt-tip pen. 73x60 cm. 2020Alfred Freddy Krupa © All rights reserved
In his manifesto (New Ink Art Manifesto, 1996), Krupa describes his ink painting as an interpretation of western modern art with the means of East Asian ink technique, as a combination of contemporary painting and traditional Chinese-Japanese calligraphy.
Girl Masked by a Transparent Gray Gauze Costume (COVID-19 artwork no.1). Ink (Ink wash, white ink, acrylic, brush, plastic pen) on paper. 61x42 cm. 2020 Alfred Freddy Krupa © All rights reserved
This year, Alfred Krupa celebrates 30 years of public and artistic work (1990-2020). Today, he is considered the leading representative of Modern European ink painting and the pivotal figure in the Western New Ink Art movement.
Karlovac's Grey. Ink wash and plastic pen on thin cardboard. 60x73 cm. 2019 Alfred Freddy Krupa © All rights reserved
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