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(Križevci, 12. 9. 1945 - )

Nikolaj Beer is a Slovenian academic painter who, through his expressive visual images, expresses his connection with the Goričko Krajina region and his personal experience of the world. He became enthusiastic about painting at a young age. At first, he mainly painted portraits and landscape motifs. 

Nikolaj Beer - Woman Nude
After finishing school, Beer enrolled in the study of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He successfully graduated there in 1976. Shortly after completing his university education, he developed his own recognizable style, in which Beer continued to explore landscapes and figurals. His strokes are distinctly bold and expressive. In his paintings, he uses pasty layers of color and strong and shaded strokes.
Nikolaj's works bear a strong personal note. Each of his works of art represents a special mark in the artist's life and the emotions that connect him to his native landscape. They are dominated by fields, which have become a symbol of the artist's relationship to the land and surroundings, and the space in which he grew up. In painting, Beer was inspired by great artists, among whom he was particularly fond of Vincent van Gogh and Chaim Soutine. Regardless, he remained true to his beliefs and his own experience of the world. In recent years, the painter has begun to move closer to abstraction and has moved away from the previously emphasized figuration. He has also participated in several painting colonies, for example in Izlaki, where he introduced many young artists to the painting process.
He is a great lover of culture and often works as a mentor to other artists. Beer has received numerous awards for his work. He was also awarded the Prešeren Fund Award for Outstanding Achievements in Culture. His artworks have been presented at numerous domestic and international exhibitions, which has led to Beer's images being included in several private collections around the world.
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Nikolaj Beer je slovenski akademski slikar, ki preko svojih ekspresivnih likovnih podob izraža povezanost z Goričko krajino in osebno doživljanje sveta. Nad slikanjem se je navdušil že v mladosti. Sprva je predvsem portretiral in slikal motive s krajine.
Po končani šoli se je Beer vpisal na študij slikarstva na Akademijo za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani. Tam je leta 1976 uspešno diplomiral. Že kmalu po končanem univerzitetnem izobraževanju je razvil lastno prepoznaven slog, v katerem Beer nadaljeval z raziskovanjem krajine in figuralike. Njegove poteze so izrazito drzne in ekspresivne. Pri slikanju uporablja pastozne nanose barv in močne ter osenčene poteze.
Nikolajeva dela nosijo močno osebno noto. Vsaka njegova umetnina predstavlja poseben pečat v umetnikovem življenju in čustva, ki ga povezujejo z rodno pokrajino. V teh prevladujejo njive, ki so postale simbol umetnikovega odnosa do zemlje in okolice ter prostora v katerem je odraščal. Pri slikanju se je Beer zgledoval po velikih umetnikih, med katerimi sta mu bila še posebej ljuba Vincent van Gogh in Chaim Soutine. Ne glede na to je ostal zvest svojim prepričanjem in lastnemu doživljanju sveta. V zadnjih letih se je slikar začel vse bolj približevati abstrakciji in se je nekoliko odmaknil od prej poudarjene figuralike. Sodeloval je tudi na več slikarskih kolonijah npr. na Izlakah, kjer je v proces slikanja vpeljal številne mlade umetnike.
Je velik ljubitelj kulture in večkrat sodeluje tudi kot mentor drugim umetnikom. Za svoje delo je Beer prejel številne nagrade. Podelili so mu  tudi nagrado Prešernovega sklada za vrhunske dosežke v kulturi. Njegove umetnine so predstavili na številnih domačih in mednarodnih razstavah, s čimer so Beerove podobe segle v več zasebnih zbirk po svetu.

Besedilo je za galerijo Porta Alpina pripravila Pia Župevec, dipl. um. zgod.
The text was prepared for the Porta Alpina gallery by Pia Župevec, B.Sc. art history

SOURCES/VIRI:
KOŠIR, Nikolaj BEER izbrana dela (1986-2021), Kranj 2020.
Jožef PAPP, Nikolaj BEER. (1945-). Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin. Kranj 2020, https://www.obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si/oseba/nikolaj-beer/ (5.1.2026).
Tatjana ZEMLJIČ, Slikar Nikolaj Beer za STA: Če sem doma, vsak dan pridem v atelje, 19.1.2023, https://misli.sta.si/3126917/slikar-nikolaj-beer-za-sta-ce-sem-doma-vsak-dan-pridem-v-atelje (5.1.2026).

  • Nikolaj Beer - Lady Nude
    Nikolaj Beer - Lady Nude

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