Safet Zec

Safet Zec was born in 1943 in Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A graduate of the School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo and of the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, he became the central figure of "poetic realism" in his native land. In 1992, he had to flee the war and leave Sarajevo to settle in Italy. Since 1998 he has his workshop in Venice. He also works in Sarajevo, Pocitelj and Paris where his engraving workshop is located. In our opinion, he is one of the greatest living European painters. Jorge Semprun, one of his admirers, was struck by "the silence of life that emanates from the paintings of Safet Zec, forever".

Pope Francis inaugurated at the end of 2014 the Deposition that he realized for the church of the Gesù in Rome.
His work has been widely exhibited in Europe in recent years, notably in various museums :
In 2008 at the Kampa Museum in Prague
In 2010 at the Correr Museum in Venice
In 2011 at the Palais Milesi Museum in Split
In 2015, at the Panorama Museum in Bad Frankenhausen, Germany
In 2016 at the Museum of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome, and at the Hospice Comtesse Museum in Lille, where many French people have discovered this exceptional painting

SAFET ZEC - Femme en blanc - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 70x50 cm    SAFET ZEC - Femme de dos en blanc - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 70x50 cm

SAFET ZEC - Le lit défait avec deux oreillers - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 40x30 cm    SAFET ZEC - Façade d'une maison à colombage - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 30x40 cm

SAFET ZEC - Mains d'homme avec alliance - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 40x30 cm    SAFET ZEC - Homme debout avec les bras tendus - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 40x30 cm

SAFET ZEC - Porte avec fronton et grillage - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile - 70x50 cm    SAFET ZEC - Chaise avec le drap - Tempera, crayon et aquarelle sur papier sur toile - 40x30 cm

SAFET ZEC - Barque - Technique mixte sur papier marouflé - 40x30 cm    SAFET ZEC - Barque avec objets de pêche - Tempera et collage sur papier sur toile sur toile - 70x50 cm

SAFET ZEC - Nature morte - Huile sur toile - 50x70 cm    SAFET ZEC - Nature morte au pain - Huile sur toile - 100x70 cm

SAFET ZEC - Étreinte - Huile sur toile - 40x30 cm    SAFET ZEC - Façade - Technique mixte sur toile - 50x70 cm