Mihailo Milovanović (
Gostinica,
Serbia
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, 24 February 1879 –
Užice
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,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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, 28 November 1941) was a Serbian painter, sculptor and writer. He was one of the founders of the Association of Painters of Serbia (''Udruženja likovnih umetnika Srbije''). During the
First World War
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, he was a war painter of the Serbian Army's Supreme Command and, as such, he painted portraits of Voivodes
Radomir Putnik
Radomir Putnik (; ; 24 January 1847 – 17 May 1917) was a Serbian military leader and the first Field marshal (Serbia and Yugoslavia), Field Marshal of Serbia. Serving as Chief of the General Staff (Serbia), Chief of the General Staff, he play ...
,
Živojin Mišić
Živojin Mišić ( sr-cyrl, Живојин Мишић; 19 July 1855 – 20 January 1921) was a field marshal who participated in all of Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. He directly commanded the First Serbian army in the Battle of Kolubara an ...
,
Stepa Stepanović
Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović ( sr-Cyrl, Степан Степа Степановић, ; – 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Bal ...
and
Petar Bojović
Petar Bojović (, ; 16 July 1858 – 19 January 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, and World War I. He was briefly th ...
, as well as General
Pavle Jurišić Šturm
Pavle Jurišić Šturm KCMG ( sr-cyr, Павле Јуришић Штурм; 8 August 1848 – 13 January 1922), born Paulus Eugen Sturm, was a Serbian general of Sorbian origin, best known for commanding the Serbian 3rd Army in World War I.
...
, King
Peter I of Serbia
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and Regent
Alexander Karađorđević.
Biography
In 1905, Mihailo Milovanović enrolled at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany.
In the second half of the 19th centur ...
, where he studied first under the direction of
Ludwig von Herterich
Ludwig von Herterich (13 October 1856, Ansbach - 25 December 1932, Etzenhausen, today in Dachau) was a German painter and art teacher. He is best known as a painter of portraits and history paintings and is a representative of the Munich Schoo ...
and then
Hugo von Habermann, a painter renowned for his portraits. Milovanović graduated from the academy in 1909.
Then, he went to the Prague
Academy of Fine Arts
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Accredited non-profit art and design colleges
* Adelaide Central School of Art
* Alberta College of Art and Design
* Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Art Center College of Design
* The Art Institute ...
where he found several ''