Kosta Miličević ( sr-Cyrl, Коста Миличевић; 3 June 1877 – 12 February 1920) was a Serbian

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

painter, known mostly for his landscapes.

Biography

Kosta Miličević, Landscape of Corfu, 1918

Kosta Miličević was born to a clerical family, with a history of service in the priesthood. As a young man, he went to Belgrade, where he studied with

Kiril Kutlik Kiril Kutlik or Cyril Kutlik ( sk, Cyril Kutlík; 29 March 1869 – 4 April 1900) was a Slovak-Czech painter, educator and illustrator. He was the founder of the Serbian Drawing and Painting School, one of the first modern painting schools in Belgr ...

who operated a famous painting school. He continued his training, under difficult financial conditions, in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

, where he worked with the portrait painter, Heinrich Streblow (1862-1925) and

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. Until 1910, he was an informal student at the arts and crafts school of Rista and

Beta Vukanović Beta Vukanović (18 April 1872 – 31 October 1972), also known as Babette Bachmayer, was a Serbian painter and centenarian. Biography Born in Bamberg, Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (adminis ...

. That same year, he became a member of , an art association. In his early period, he painted in the

Academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

style, as taught in Germany, then was attracted to

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...

. After becoming acquainted with the works of

Nadežda Petrović Nadežda Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Надежда Петровић; 11/12 October 1873 – 3 April 1915) was a Serbian painter and one of the women war photography pioneers in the region. Considered Serbia's most famous expressionist and fauvist, ...

and Milan Milovanović, he sought to create a more personal style. He finally settled on a free,

Impressionistic Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

approach, brought to fruition during a stay at an artists' colony in

Savinac Savinac ( sr-cyr, Савинац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Vračar. Location Savinac is located in the western part of the municipality, on the western slopes of ...

(now part of Belgrade). His first success came at the Fourth Yugoslav Art Exhibition of 1912. He was inducted into the army during World War I, briefly served as a soldier, then became an official War Painter for the Supreme Command in

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

. Only five paintings are known to have survived from this period. After the war, he taught evening classes at the Vukanovic's arts and crafts school.На данашњи дан преминуо је сликар Коста Миличевић
@ Srpski Legat His early death was probably due to tuberculosis.

References

External links

Коста Миличевић
@ ''Spomen-zbirka Pavla Beljanskog''
Коста Миличевић (--)

Импресивни трагизам – Коста Миличевић (1877-1920)
in ''Avant Art Magazin'', 3 August 2016
Brief biography
@ Srpski Legat {{DEFAULTSORT:Milicevic, Kosta 1877 births 1920 deaths Serbian painters Serbian Impressionist painters Serbs in Albania

Biography

See also

References

Further reading

External links