Milo Milunović (6 August 1897 in Cetinje,

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– 11 February 1967 in Belgrade,

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) was a distinguished Yugoslav and Montenegrin painter. He dabbled in both

Impressionism 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 ...

and Cubism.

Biography

Milunović was born in Cetinje,

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, but was educated in Shkodër, Monza,

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(under the apprenticeship of

Augusto Giacometti Augusto Giacometti (16 August 1877 – 9 June 1947) was a Swiss painter from Stampa, Graubünden, cousin of Giovanni Giacometti who was the father of Alberto, Diego and Bruno Giacometti. He was a prominent as a painter in the Art Nouvea ...

), and later in

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. He joined the Montenegrin army in the World War I, and from 1919 to 1922 lived in Paris, where he became acquainted with the works of Cézanne. He spent 1923 in

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, where he painted frescoes in the local church. From 1924 to 1926 he lived in

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, Paris, and later Belgrade, where with two colleagues he founded the

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. He painted his most successful works between 1926 and 1932, most of which were impressionist. Among his pupils was the painters Danica Đurović and Nikola Gvozdenović Gvozdo.''Painters of Montenegro''. Originated and developed by Bato Tomašević; text by Mladen Lompar; photographs by Dragoljub Zamurović; ranslator Magde Phillips Tomašević Podgorica: Atlas Group: CID, 2010 (Beograd: Publikum), pp. 102–103

Painting

His works were characterized by a rationalistic approach, both to composition and space. Anti-illusionistic devices were used in the representation of space. Milunovic's art can sometimes be seen as abstract, other times as impressionistic, and even sometimes as

Fauvist Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retai ...

References

External links

Webpage with Milunović's works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milunovic, Milo Montenegrin painters Artists from Cetinje 1897 births 1967 deaths Yugoslav artists Impressionist painters Cubist artists