Miloš Vušković ( sr-cyrl, Милош Вушковић; 1900–1975) was a Montenegrin painter, illustrator, caricaturist and professor of visual arts, member of

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Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts ( sh-Cyrl, Црногорска академија наука и умјетности, ЦАНУ; ) is the most important scientific institution of Montenegro. History It was founded in 1973 as the Montene ...

) and ULUCG (Association of the Visual Artists of Montenegro).

Biography

Vušković studied visual arts in

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(1920–1922) and

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, where he graduated in 1924. In 1935 he became the co-founder of the satirical journal ''Ošišani Jež'' and worked on it together with Beta Vukanović, Pjer Križanić,

Branislav Nušić Branislav Nušić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Нушић, ; – 19 January 1938) was a Serbian playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist and founder of Modern Rhetoric, modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil ...

, Stanislav Vinaver,

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and other famous artists and writers from the period. Vušković was member of Serbian artistic group ''Oblik'' and the author of political caricatures and humor cartoons about ''lala Moce'' and ''Montenegrin Krcun'', the most popular fictional characters ever published by the journal ''Jež''. After Second World War Vušković had to relocate to

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and 1948 became director of the School of Arts in

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. In 1950 he became director of the Heritage museum Pljevlja and in 1952 also of the National Art Gallery in

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. The artist had several solo exhibitions and participated in all most important domestic and international manifestations organized by the associations of visual artists of

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and ex

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. In 1944 he participated in a group exhibition in

with Jovan Bjelić,

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, Beta Vukanović and

Nedeljko Gvozdenović Nedeljko Gvozdenović ( sr-Cyrl, Недељко Гвозденовић; 24 February 1902 – 31 January 1988) was a Serbian painter of world renown. He is considered to be the greatest representative of the Belgrade School of Painting. See also * ...

. Vušković’s works were also exhibited alongside the paintings of

Petar Lubarda Petar Lubarda (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Лубарда); 27 July 1907 – 13 February 1974) was a Serbian painter. Biography He was born in Ljubotinj, near Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro. Lubarda's father was an officer of the Royal Y ...

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, Risto Stijovic and other famous Montenegrin artists. His portraits, landscapes, compositions and other works make part of the collection of the

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References

* Anton Zadrima, ''Crnogorski slikari i vajari'' (''Montenegrin painters and sculptors''), Književna opština

, 1986. * Milan M. Marović, ''Prostor/vrijeme/trajanje – crnogorska likovna kritika'' (''Space/Time/Existence – Montenegrin Art Criticism''), Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore,

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2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuskovic, Milos 1900 births 1975 deaths Montenegrin painters Members of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts 20th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters 20th-century Serbian male artists