International Exhibition of Art () was a

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held in

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in 1911 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the

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in the same year as another

in Turin (which had a more scientific focus). It marked the beginnings of the

National Roman Museum The National Roman Museum (Italian: ''Museo Nazionale Romano'') is a museum, with several branches in separate buildings throughout the city of Rome, Italy. It shows exhibits from the pre- and early history of Rome, with a focus on archaeological ...

. The fair's receipts were disappointing over the summer of 1911 because of poor weather and a

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epidemic. The fair was open from 29 April to 19 November 1911, and had 7,409,145 visitors. The participating countries included Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, England, Russia, Serbia, Spain, USA, Hungary and Italy. The British Pavilion was designed by Sir

Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memori ...

. In 1912 it taken over by the

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, which is still based there. The Serbian pavilion was designed by

Petar Bajalović Petar Bajalović (in Cyrillic Serbian: Петар Бајаловић; Šabac, Serbia, 27 May 1876 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 14 April 1947) was a Serbian architect who lived and worked during the latter part of Belle Epoque and the Interwar ...

. Several Serbian and regional artists presented their works, including

Marko Murat Marko Murat ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Мурат; December 30, 1864 – October 14, 1944) was a Serbian painter from Dubrovnik who spent 20 years of his life in Belgrade, becoming a leading member of the Serbian and Yugoslav art scene at the time, ...

Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pavle Bilinić's ...

Dragomir Arambašić Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945) was a Serbian sculptor and painter. Biography Arambašić came from a notable Serbian family, his great-grandfather was Bimbaša Stanko Arambašić of the First Serbian Uprising. His decision to practice s ...

, Đorđe Jovanović,

Toma Rosandić Toma Rosandić ( sr-cyr, Тома Росандић; baptized as Tomaso Vincenzo, 22 January 1878 – 1 March 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav sculptor, architect and fine arts pedagog. Together with Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), he was the most ...

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