Roman Petrović (1896, in
Donji Vakuf
Donji Vakuf ( sr-cyrl, Доњи Вакуф, ) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It was founded by Malkoçoğlu İbrahim Bey in 1572 and wa ...
– 1947) was a Yugoslav painter and writer. He belongs to the generation of artists who created the history of Bosnian-Herzegovinian (and Yugoslav) painting between the two world wars.
Biography
Born to an ethnic
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
-
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
family, he was a graduate of the
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...
in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, his
expressionist
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
art emphasises social themes, borrowing from diverse influences.
The Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina named its
gallery
Gallery or The Gallery may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Art gallery
** Contemporary art gallery
Music
* Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s
Albums
* ''Gallery'' (Elaiza album), 2014 album
* ''Gallery'' (Gr ...
, opened in 1980, ''Galerija Roman Petrović'' in honour of the painter. The gallery is a main venue for
contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
and
photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...
exhibitions.
[''Survey Sarajevo'' Volume 9, Issue 4; Volume 9, Issue 4, Univerzitet u Sarajevu, 1982 "Parallel with this the Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina has organized exhibitions in Dijon, Modena, Baku, in Poland, Germany, while its Gallery "Roman Petrovic", opened in 1980, has also a rich exhibition programme."]
References
External links
Gallery featuring Petrović's work and other paintings on Sephardi life in the 1930s
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovic, Roman
1896 births
1947 deaths
Yugoslav painters
Yugoslav writers