Đorđe Krstić also Djordje Krstić (, ; 19 April 1851 – 30 October 1907) was a Serbian realist painter and

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. He is often ranked alongside his contemporaries,

Paja Jovanović Pavle "Paja" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Јовановић; ; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian realist painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: '' The Wounded Montenegrin'' (1882), '' Decorating of the ...

and

Uroš Predić Uroš Predić ( sr-Cyrl, Урош Предић, ; Orlovat, 7 December 1857 – Belgrade, 12 February 1953) was a Serbian Realism (visual arts), Realist painter. Along with Paja Jovanović and Đorđe Krstić, he is considered the most important ...

Biography

Krstić finished his education in

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, Germany, where he began his early works under the influence of German realism up until 1883. Some significant works of this early period include ''The Drowning Maiden'', ''Anatomist'', and ''The Gospel Writer''. In

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, Krstić moved his style of painting from a realist tone to a more idyllic one, with paintings such as ''

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Landscape'', ''From the Surroundings of

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'', ''From

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'', '' Studenica'', and ''

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''. Krstić painted more than 50 works based on Serbian folk art and

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. In his later years, Krstić began painting a number of iconostases in

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and

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, working with architect Mihailo Valtrović, of which include the controversial ''Death of

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''.

Legacy

He is included in

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list.

Gallery

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Saint Sava Saint Sava (, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; Glagolitic: ; ; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, abbot of Studenica Monastery, Studeni ...

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Milan I of Serbia Milan Obrenović IV ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, Milan Obrenović; 22 August 1854 – 11 February 1901) reigned as the Prince of Serbia from 10 June 1868 until 1882, when he became King of Serbia, a title he held until his abdica ...

'', 1902

References

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1851 births 1907 deaths People from Kanjiža Serbian painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters 19th-century Serbian male artists {{serbia-painter-stub

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