Stevan "Steva" Todorović ( sr-cyr, Стеван-Стева Тодоровић; Novi Sad, 1832–Belgrade, 1925) was a Serbian painter and the founder of modern
fencing and
Sokol movement in Yugoslavia.
Biography
Todorović was born in
Novi Sad and died in
Belgrade
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. He was a correspondent and war painter for a number of domestic and foreign newspapers during the
Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878), and became known as the founder of war painting in Serbia. From the
Balkan Wars
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, and later
World War I, this was no longer an individual occupation but a task subject to state and military regulations.
Todorović was close to the
Obrenović royal house. He made portraits of almost all members of the royal family, including
Natalie of Serbia; his portrait of her helped in making her the "Serbian Mona Lisa".
He exhibited his artworks as a part of
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...
's
pavilion at
International Exhibition of Art of 1911.
In the course of his long life he created art under various visual poetics, chiefly
Romanticism to
Academicism. His best works were carried out in the Romantic spirit. His extensive artistic legacy consists of portraits, religious and historical paintings, landscapes, and numerous studies and drawings. Much of his artistic activities is related to Serbia and Belgrade in which cultural and social life he actively participated. He opened the first art school in Belgrade where youngsters learned drawing, singing, fencing, and gymnastic exercises. Owing to a long life and extraordinary tenacity and hard work he managed to create a rich painting opus.
Also, Stevan Todorović's work can be found in the collection of
Milan Jovanović Stojimirović
Milan Jovanović Stojimirović (Smederevo, Kingdom of Serbia, 19 June 1898 – Belgrad, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 6 March 1966) was a Serbian journalist, diplomat, manager of the Archive of Serbia, and chronicler of Old Belgrade. His vast collection of ...
who bequeathed a large number of paintings, sketches, and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in
Smederevo.
Gallery
File:Hajduk Veljko, Stevan Todorović.jpg, ''Death of Hajduk-Veljko
Veljko Petrović ( sr-cyr, Вељко Петровић, ; c. 1780 – 1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, ǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ, was one of the '' vojvodas'' (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary force ...
'', 1850
File:Stevan Todorović - Portrait of Milan Đ. Milićević, 1866.jpg, Portrait of Milan Đ. Milićević
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, National Museum of Serbia, 1866
File:Nićifor Dučić, 1874.jpg, Portrait of Nićifor Dučić
Archimandrite Nićifor Dučić ( sr-cyr, Нићифор Дучић; 1832–1900), was a Bosnian Serb theologian, historian, philologist, archimandrite, writer and academic.
As Archimandrite of Herzegovina Nićifor Dučić founded the Orthodox ...
, 1874
File:KraljMilanObrenovic.jpg, Portrait of king Milan Obrenović, 1883
File:Reina Natalija de Serbia.jpg, ''Reina Natalija de Serbia'', 1883
File:Stefan Todorovic Polekonia Tolorovitschka.jpg, ''Polekonia Tolorovitschka'', 1889
File:Sabor u Prizrenu pred Kosovsku bitku.jpg, ''Sabor u Prizrenu'', 1899
File:Stevan Todorović, Postriženje Svetog Save (Sveti Sava odriče povratak svome kraljevskom domu), 1907.jpg, ''Postriženje Svetog Save'', 1907
File:KornelijeStankovic NM.jpg, Portrait of composer Kornelije Stanković
Kornelije Stanković ( sr, Корнелије Станковић, Kornelije Stanković, ; 23 August 1831 in Buda16 April 1865) was a Serbian composer, melographer, conductor, pianist and musical writer. He is notable for his four volumes of harmo ...
, 1920
File:Stevan Todorović, Portrait of Prince Mihailo Obrenović, Princess Ljubica's Residence.jpg, Portrait of Mihailo Obrenović
See also
*
List of painters from Serbia
This is a list of notable Serbian painters.
A
* Nikola Aleksić (1808–1873)
* Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855)
* Ljubomir Aleksandrović (1828–1890)
* Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923)
* Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945)
* Stojan Aralica ...
*
Serbian art
*
Nikola Aleksić
Nikola Aleksić ( Stari Bečej, Austrian Empire, 1808 – Arad, Austria-Hungary, now Romania, 1 January 1873) was a Serbian artist. He was under the influence of the painting styles of the Nazarene movement and Biedermeier.
Biography
He cam ...
*
Đura Jakšić
*
Novak Radonić
*
Katarina Ivanović
References
Sources
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External links
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1832 births
1925 deaths
19th-century Serbian people
20th-century Serbian people
Serbian painters
Romantic painters
Artists from Novi Sad
Artists from Belgrade
Serbian male fencers