Arsenije Teodorović ( sr, Арсен Теодоровић,

Perlez Perlez (; hu, Perlasz) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (87.29%) and its population number ...

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, 1767 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 13 February 1826) was a Serbian painter from the Banat region of

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who is widely considered one of

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's foremost

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s. His best known work is the portrait of

Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education ...

, the father of modern Serbian literature. Shortly before he died, Teodorović bequeathed more than 1,000 paintings to the founder of the Arts and Crafts School of the

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Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stratimirović ( sr, Стефан Стратимировић; 27 December 1757 – 22 September 1836) was a Serbian bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Karlovci, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire, between 1790 ...

Career

Kirilo Živković, bishop of Pakrac (Arsa Teodorović, 1799)

He studied at the

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from 1788 until 1796, and then lived in

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and

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. He was engaged in portrait painting and painting icons for the sanctuary screens (

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), and he also painted some historical compositions as well. Teodorović's portrait of Dositej Obradović is considered to be one of the first, modern Serbian civic

portraiture A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this re ...

s. With this portrait, Teodorović placed himself in a Serbian

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school that include

Pavel Đurković Pavle or Pavel Đurković (1772, Baja, Austria-Hungary – 1830, Odessa, Russia) was a Serbian painter, portraitist and iconographer who distinguished himself in the iconography of monasteries and portraits of great personalities (mostly Serbs). Hi ...

, Nikola Aleksić,

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, Jeftimije Popović (1791–1832) and others. Portraits of writer

Avram Mrazović Avram Mrazović (Serbian: Аврам Мразовић; Sombor, Habsburg monarchy, 12 March 1756 – Sombor, 20 February 1826) was a Serbian writer, translator, pedagogue, aristocrat and Senator of the Free Royal City of Sombor, part of the Milita ...

, merchant Gavrilo Bozitovac (1819), priest Simeon Kojić and his wife Makrena Kojić (1825), and bishop

Kiril Živković Kiril Živković also spelled Kiril Zhivkovich ( bg, Кирил Живкович, sr-cyr, Кирил Живковић; Pirot, Ottoman Empire, 1730 – Pakrac, Habsburg Empire, 1807) was a writer and Orthodox bishop. Biography Živković was a B ...

are further examples of Arsenije Teodorović's masterly style. He even more clearly exhibited his classicist tendencies painting his icons and his allegorical and historical compositions. In

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Teodorović managed the Drawing School, through which he significantly influenced the next generation of artists. As far as it is known today, he authored 26 sanctuary screens that still can be found in Serbian Orthodox churches throughout

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and

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, 1793;

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, 1798;

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, 1800;

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, 1808;

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, 1809;

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, 1818;

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, 1811; Novi Sad, 1811;

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, 1815;

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

, 1817; Bavanište, 1818;

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and others.

Works

His work can be found today at art museums and churches: * The Town Museum of

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* Serbian Orthodox Diocesan Museum in

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Gallery of Matica Srpska The Gallery of Matica Srpska ( sr, Galerija Matice Srpske, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Галерија Матице Српске) is one of the largest and oldest galleries in Serbia. It is located in the central zone of Novi Sad, next to Pavle Beljans ...

* Arte Galerija of

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References

Literature

* St. Todorović, O srpskom slikaru Arsi Teodoroviću, Naše doba 1882 - 14 * V. Stajić Novosadske biografije V Novi sad 1940 (153-156) * M. Kolarić, Klasicizam kod Srba, Beograd 1965 (93-98) * Tekst dr Midraga Kolarića za Enciklopediju Jugoslavije JLZ Zagreb 1972 {{DEFAULTSORT:Teodorović, Arsenije 1767 births 1826 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Serbs of Vojvodina Serbian painters

Career

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