Uroš Predić ( sr-Cyrl, Урош Предић, ;
Orlovat
Orlovat (; hu, Orlód) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (95.52%) and its population numbering 1,789 people (2002 censu ...
, 7 December 1857 –
Belgrade
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, 12 February 1953) was a Serbian
Realist painter. Along with
Paja Jovanović
Pavle "Paja" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Јовановић; ; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: '' The Wounded Montenegrin'' (1882), '' Decorating of the Bride'' ...
and
Đorđe Krstić
Đorđe Krstić also Djordje Krstić (, ; 19 April 1851 – 30 October 1907) was a Serbian realist painter and academic. He is often ranked alongside his contemporaries, Paja Jovanović and Uroš Predić.
Biography
Krstić finished his educatio ...
, he is considered the most important Serbian painter of realism. Predić is best remembered for his early works, in which he depicted the "real" life of ordinary people. Later, he made a great contribution in church painting and portraits. Predić's opus includes a total of 1658 works.
Biography
He was born in
Orlovat
Orlovat (; hu, Orlód) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (95.52%) and its population numbering 1,789 people (2002 censu ...
, and attended primary school in
Crepaja
Crepaja ( sr-cyr, Црепаја, ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (88.15%) and its population numbering 4,855 people ...
. After finishing his secondary education in
Pančevo
Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; german: Pantschowa; hu, Pancsova; ro, Panciova; sk, Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located on ...
(this school was later named after him), he went to
Vienna
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to study at the academy in 1876. He graduated from the
Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna in 1880.
He studied in the class of professor
Christian Griepenkerl
Christian Griepenkerl (17 March 1839 – 22 March 1916) was a German painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Biography
Griepenkerl was born to one of Oldenburg's leading families. As a young man, he heeded the advice of his f ...
, who also taught Predić's contemporary
Paja Jovanović
Pavle "Paja" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Јовановић; ; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: '' The Wounded Montenegrin'' (1882), '' Decorating of the Bride'' ...
. During his studies, he received the
Gundel's prize – for a male model painting in oil. In 1882, he worked in private studio of professor Grieppenkerl, and in the period from 1883 to 1885 he was an assistant professor of the Department of Antiquity at the Art academy in Vienna. During that time, under the instruction of professor Grieppenkerl, and the architect
Theophil Freiherr von Hansen
Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in A ...
, he painted 13
wall painting
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Word mural in art
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s of ancient, historical and
myth
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ological compositions for the
frieze
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in the House of Lords at the
Reichsratsgebäude (Imperial Council Building) in Vienna.
In 1885, he returned to Orlovat, where he painted a series of paintings about the life of his fellow villagers. After that, from 1886 to 1889, he lived in
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
, and from 1890 to 1893 in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
and
Stari Bečej. From 1894 to 1909, Predić lived in Orlovat, and from 1909, until his death, he lived and worked in Belgrade.
The first exhibition of his paintings was in 1888 in Belgrade. He was elected to the group of painters who represented Serbia at the
1889 Exposition Universelle in
Paris
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. In a small gallery he presented the 8 oil paintings. Although the French critics did not recognize his work Predić will become very popular in Serbia, especially because of the sense of humor shown in some works. He had many exhibitions, both in
Serbia
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and aboard. Later his output was mainly portraits and icons.
He was one of the founders of the ''"Lada" society'' in 1904 (alongside
Beta Vukanović
Beta Vukanović (18 April 1872 – 31 October 1972), also known as Babette Bachmayer, was a Serbian painter and centenarian.
Biography
Born in Bamberg, Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (adminis ...
,
Marko Murat
Marko Murat ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Мурат; December 30, 1864 – October 14, 1944) was a Serbian painter from Dubrovnik who spent 20 years of his life in Belgrade, becoming a leading member of the Serbian and Yugoslav art scene at the time, b ...
,
Đorđe Jovanović,
Simeon Roksandić
Simeon Roksandić (14 May 1874 – 12 January 1943) was a Serbian sculptor and academic, famous for his bronzes and fountains. He is frequently cited as one of the most renowned figures in Serbian and Yugoslavian sculpture.
Roksandić exhibite ...
), and became its president. He was elected as associate member of the
Serbian Royal Academy
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 ...
on 26 January 1909, and on 3 February 1910 as a regular member. Predić 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
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* It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia ...
at
International Exhibition of Art of 1911. He was one of the founders of the Society of painters in Belgrade in 1919, and was its first president. Predić painted the icons for the
Bečej
Bečej ( sr-cyrl, Бечеј, ; hu, Óbecse, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 23,895, while the municipality has 37,351 inhabitants. It ...
orthodox church, and the icons for the chapel of
Bogdan Dunđerski. He died in 1953 in Belgrade, at the age of 95. He was buried in Orlovat.
Uroš Predić's studio, where he painted his most valuable works in the period of 1909-1953, is located at 27 Svetogorska Street in Belgrade.
Works
Some of his famous works include ''Merry brothers'', ''
Orphan
An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died.
In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...
(on mother's grave)'', the historical painting ''Bosnia-Herzegovinian fugitives'' and perhaps his most recognizable ''Kosovo Maiden''. Predić also painted the famous portraits of the presidents of Serbian academy:
Sima Lozanić
Simeon Milivoje Lozanić and Simeon "Sima" Lozanić ( sr-cyr, Сима Лозанић) (1847 – 1935) was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the first rector of the University of Belgrade, minister of foreign affairs, mini ...
,
Stojan Novaković
Stojan Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Стојан Новаковић; 1 November 1842 – 18 February 1915) was a Serbian politician, historian, diplomat, writer, bibliographer, literary critic, literary historian, and translator. He held the post ...
(1920),
Jovan Žujović
Jovan M. Žujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован M. Жујовић; 18 October 1856 – 19 July 1936) was a Serbian anthropologist, known as a pioneer in geology, paleontology and craniometry in Serbia.
Biography
After studying in Paris, he ret ...
(1921),
Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijić ( sr-cyr, Јован Цвијић, ; 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbian geographer and ethnologist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijić is considered the ...
(1923),
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Јовановић; 3 December 1869 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher, literary critic, diplomat, politician and one of the most prominent int ...
(1930),
Bogdan Gavrilović
Bogdan Gavrilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Гавриловић) (1864–1947) was a Serbian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and educator. He received his doctorate in ''sciences mathematiques'' from the University of Budapest in 18 ...
(1935)
Aleksandar Belić
Aleksandar Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Белић, ; 15 August 1876 – 26 February 1960) was a Serbian linguist and academic.
Biography
Belić was born in Belgrade. After studying Slavic languages in Belgrade, Odessa, and M ...
(1940). He also painted portraits of
Michael I. Pupin
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Идворски Пупин, ; 4 October 1858Although Pupin's birth year is sometimes given as 1854 (and Serbia and Montenegro issued a postage stamp in 2004 to commemorate the 150th anniversary o ...
,
Laza Kostić
Lazar "Laza" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар "Лаза" Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician who is considered to be one of the greatest ...
,
Mihailo Petrović Alas
Mihailo Petrović Alas ( sr-Cyrl, Михаило Петровић Алас; 6 May 1868 – 8 June 1943), was a Serbian mathematicians, mathematician and inventor. He was also a distinguished professor at Belgrade University, an academic, fisherma ...
(1943),
Ksenija Atanasijević
Ksenija Atanasijević (Xenia Atanassievich) (1894–1981) was the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and the first female professors of Belgrade University, where she graduated. She wrote about Giordano Bruno, ancient Greek phi ...
(1917),
Branislav Petronijević
Branislav "Brana" Petronijević (sometimes styled as Petronievics) (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав "Брана" Петронијевић; 6 April 1875 – 4 March 1954) was a Serbian philosopher and paleontologist.
His major work is the two- ...
(1911) amongst others.
Gallery
File:Bice belaja, U. Predic.jpg, Copy of ''Going to Be Trouble'' (1886) published in ''Nova iskra'' (1899); the original has never been recovered.
File:Merry brothers 1887.jpg, ''Happy Brothers
''Happy Brothers, Their Poor Mother!'', sr-Cyrl, Весела браћа, жалосна им мајка! (often referred to simply as ''Happy Brothers''), sr-Cyrl, Весела браћа is an 1887 oil painting by the Serbian artist Uroš P ...
'', painting, 1887
File:Uroš Predić - Siroče.jpg, ''Orphan on Mother's Grave'', painting, 1888
File:Hercegovački begunci, Uroš Predić.jpg, ''Refugees
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. from the Herzegovina Uprising'', painting, 1889
File:"Watering of Dodola" by Uroš Predić, published in magazine "Orao" in 1892.jpg, ''Watering of Dodola'', painting, ''Orao'' magazine, 1892
File:St. Nikola and Patriarch Lukijan.jpg, ''The Turbulent Sea'', painting, 1910
File:Kosovo Maiden, Uroš Predić, 1919.jpg, ''Kosovo Maiden
The Kosovo Maiden or Maiden of the Blackbird Field ( sr, Косовка девојка / ) is the central figure of a poem with the same name, part of the Kosovo cycle in the Serbian epic poetry. In it, a young beauty searches the battlefield for ...
'', painting, 1919
File:Sveti Sava blagosilja Srpčad, Uroš Predić, 1921.jpg, ''Saint Sava Blesses Serb Youth'', 1921
File:Nacrt povelje Kola srpskih sestara, Uroš Predić.tif, Circle of Serbian Sisters
The Circle of Serbian Sisters ( sr-Latn, Kolo Srpskih Sestara) was a women's charitable society established in Belgrade in 1903. Among the founders of the society were Mabel Grujić, wife of Slavko J. Grujić, Blanš Vesnić, wife of Milenko Ve ...
Charter, 1922
File:Queen Natalia Obrenovic of Serbia in Paris by Uros Predic.jpg, Queen Natalia Obrenović of Serbia
File:King Alexander I of Yugoslavia by Uroš Predić.jpg, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yug ...
by Uroš Predić
File:Uroš Predić - Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, GMS.png, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ( sr-cyr, Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced ; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet.
Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including love, lyric, patriotic, poli ...
File:Uroš Predić - Pesnik Laza Kostić, GMS.png, Laza Kostić
Lazar "Laza" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар "Лаза" Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician who is considered to be one of the greatest ...
File:Stojan Novaković, portrait by Uroš Predić.jpg, Stojan Novaković
Stojan Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Стојан Новаковић; 1 November 1842 – 18 February 1915) was a Serbian politician, historian, diplomat, writer, bibliographer, literary critic, literary historian, and translator. He held the post ...
File:Jovan Žujović, Uroš Predić.jpg, Jovan Žujović
Jovan M. Žujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован M. Жујовић; 18 October 1856 – 19 July 1936) was a Serbian anthropologist, known as a pioneer in geology, paleontology and craniometry in Serbia.
Biography
After studying in Paris, he ret ...
File:Jovan Cvijić, Uroš Predić.jpg, Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijić ( sr-cyr, Јован Цвијић, ; 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbian geographer and ethnologist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijić is considered the ...
File:Uroš Predić - Mihailo Pupin. gms.png, Mihailo Pupin
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Идворски Пупин, ; 4 October 1858Although Pupin's birth year is sometimes given as 1854 (and Serbia and Montenegro issued a postage stamp in 2004 to commemorate the 150th anniversary o ...
File:Portret Pere Dobrinovića, Uroš Predić, 1921.jpg, Pera Dobrinović
Petar "Pera" Dobrinović ( sr-cyr, Петар „Пера“ Добриновић; 1853–1923) was a Serbian actor and director at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neu ...
File:Slobodan Jovanović, by Uroš Predić (1931).jpg, Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Јовановић; 3 December 1869 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher, literary critic, diplomat, politician and one of the most prominent int ...
See also
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Serbian art
Serbian art refers to the visual arts of the Serbs and their nation-state Serbia. The medieval heritage includes Byzantine art, preserved in architecture, frescos and icons of the many Serbian Orthodox monasteries. In the Early modern period, Se ...
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Paja Jovanović
Pavle "Paja" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Јовановић; ; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: '' The Wounded Montenegrin'' (1882), '' Decorating of the Bride'' ...
*
Đorđe Krstić
Đorđe Krstić also Djordje Krstić (, ; 19 April 1851 – 30 October 1907) was a Serbian realist painter and academic. He is often ranked alongside his contemporaries, Paja Jovanović and Uroš Predić.
Biography
Krstić finished his educatio ...
References
External links
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