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Ivan Rabuzin (1921 – 2008) is a classic of the naive movement and one of the most prominent lyrical painters of the 20th century. Ivan Rabuzin was born in Ključ in 1921, a picturesque village in Croatian Zagorje near Novi Marof. As a carpenter he moved in 1947 to the capital Zagreb where he trained as a carpenter's apprentice. During that time, he attended art classes from Kosta Angeli Radovani, where he discovered his love for painting. He holds his first independent exhibition in 1956. In 1963, Ivan Rabuzin makes his entrance on the world stage of contemporary art at the Mona Lisa Gallery. From then on, his work has been seen in major cities around the world, including Paris, New York, Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Milan, Amsterdam, Zurich, and Florence, to name a few. In 1976, Rabuzin was called in by the world-famous fine porcelain producer Rosenthal to decorate the "Art at the table" line. Rabuzin's work has found its way into numerous private collections and world-famous museums. He is one of the rare artists to show his work at the Vatican Museum in the Vatican. Rabuzin has left his mark on the world of contemporary art and he has defined his own style among the naive painters of the 20th century referred to as "peindre a la Rabuzin". He paints the vision of an eternal spring, untouched, heavenly nature and light with soft pastel colors and poetic compositions that become a vision of heaven on earth.