Peter Ubavkić (12 April 1852 in Belgrade – 28 June 1910 in Belgrade) was a Serbian sculptor and painter, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many. He was a member of the

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

Biography

He was born in Belgrade on 12 April 1852. After completing high school ( gymnasium), he received a state scholarship, and in 1866 he also studied iconography with an itinerant Italian artist, then living in Belgrade. He pursued his studies in art in Pančevo. In 1873 he went to

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to study sculpture. Owing to poor health, he returned to Belgrade. Upon receiving a new state scholarship he resumed his studies at the prestigious

Kunstgewerbeschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...

in Munich in 1874. According to some, he is considered the originator of Serbian sculpture. He has made numerous public monuments, among his best known works are busts of

Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...

, Prince Miloš and

Đura Daničić Đura ( sr-Cyrl, Ђура; also transliterated Djura) is a Serbian male given name derived from ''Đurađ'' (a Serbian variant of ''George''). It may refer to: * Đura Dokić (1873–1946), a Serbian general, notable for being an Axis collabora ...

. Petar Ubavkić died in Belgrade on

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, 28 June 1910 and was buried in the New Cemetery.

Legacy

Today Ubavkić is considered the premier Serbian sculptor in an age when art flourished to its maximum. He was indeed the creator of many public monuments at the time of the rule of Prince Miloš Obrenović. Among his most important artistic works realized according to the cannons of

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or even verism, are the many Belgrade monuments, executed by Ubavkić, including some in other regions of Serbia, particularly the monument to King Milan Obrenović in the Church of St. Paraskeve in Ćurlina.

Gallery

Jovan Gavrilović.JPG, ''Bust of Jovan Gavrilović'', 1893 Petar Ubavkić, Alexander I of Serbia, 1895.jpg, ''Bust of

Alexander I of Serbia Alexander I ( sr-cyr, Александар Обреновић, Aleksandar Obrenović; 14 August 187611 June 1903) reigned as the king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian ...

'', 1895 Djurajaksickalemegdan.jpg, ''Bust of

Đura Jakšić Georgije "Đura" Jakšić ( sr-Cyrl, Георгије Ђура Јакшић; 27 July 1832 – 16 November 1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and bohemian. Biography Đura Jakšić was born as Georgije Jakšić in Srpska Crnja, ...

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References

3. Church of St. Paraskeve in Ćurlina: http://www.nisandbyzantium.org.rs/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/engleski/MONUMENT%20TO%20THE%20KING%20MILAN%20OBRENOVIC.html

External links

Biography online SANU

Serbian painters Serbian sculptors Male sculptors 1852 births 1910 deaths {{serbia-painter-stub

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