Jovan Isailović Sr. (1756-1825) was a Serbian icon and mural painter who lived and worked in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. In 1772 he started painting an

iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis ( gr, εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand t ...

in the Church of St. George in

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; hu, Zombor; rue, Зомбор, Zombor) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total popula ...

with fellow painters

Teodor Kračun Teodor Dimitrijević ( sr-cyr, Теодор Димитријевић; 1730–10 April 1781), known as Teodor Kračun (Теодор Крачун) was a Serbian icon and altar painter. Biography He was born at Sremska Kamenica in 1730. His origin ...

and Lazar Serdanović. The iconostasis in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint George, better known as Sveti Đurađ monastery in Romanian Banat, is also linked to Jovan Isailović Senior, dating from 1803 to 1804, and presenting a strong Byzantine influence. Isailović Senior also worked with his colleague painter

Janko Halkozović Janko Halkozović was a Serbian painter from Old Serbia, modern-day North Macedonia. His art, like Hristofor Žefarović's, developed in the tradition of Serbian southern regions. He became a renowned artist when he moved to Vojvodina in the north ...

. Many of the iconostasis and icons attributed to him were pillaged during World War II.

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18th-century Serbian painters 18th-century male artists 19th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters Icon painters Muralists 1756 births 1825 deaths Place of death unknown Place of birth unknown 19th-century Serbian male artists {{Serbia-painter-stub

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