Simeon Roksandić (14 May 1874 – 12 January 1943) was a

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, famous for his bronzes and fountains. He is frequently cited as one of the most renowned figures in Serbian and

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n sculpture. Roksandić exhibited his artworks as a part of

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at International Exhibition of Art of 1911. He sculptured the "Unfortunate Fisherman" fountains in

Kalemegdan Park The Kalemegdan Park ( sr, / ), or simply Kalemegdan ( sr-Cyrl, Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube. Kal ...

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and in Jezuitski Square,

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Spomenik oslobodiocima Vranja (Čika Mitke), Srbija.jpg, ''The Monument to the Liberators of Vranje'', erected in 1903 to commemorate the

Liberation of Vranje The Battle of Vranje, or the Liberation of Vranje ( sr, Ослобођење Врања / Oslobođenje Vranja), represented one of the final stages of the second phase of the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78). At the beginning of the war, the Ser ...

. It was damaged twice, by the Bulgarian occupiers during the I and II WW. It was left on purpose damaged as a testament of a turbulent past. Simeon Roksandić, Lion struggling a tiger, 1917.jpg, ''Lion struggling a tiger'', 1917 Simeon Roksandić, Portrait of the Sculptor's Sister-in-Law, 1921, National Museum of Serbia.jpg, ''Portrait of the Sculptor's Sister-in-Law'', 1921 Simeon Roksandić, The Boy with Thorn, 1922, National Museum of Serbia.jpg, ''The Boy with Thorn'' fountain, 1922 Zlosrećni Ribar.JPG, ''Unhappy Fisherman'' fountain, 1926

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S. Roksandić - one of several notable people who lived and worked in GlinaRoksandic Fountain
Croatian sculptors Serbian sculptors Male sculptors 1874 births 1943 deaths 20th-century sculptors People from Glina, Croatia {{Serbia-sculptor-stub

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