Spiridon "Špiro" Bocarić ( sr-cyr, Спиридон Шпиро Боцарић; 24 May 1876 – 19 July 1941) was a
Serb
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
painter.
Bocarić was also one of the pioneers of cinematography of modern-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina .
He was killed during the
Genocide of Serbs by fascist
Ustashe regime on 19 July 1941 at the
Jadovno concentration camp
The Jadovno concentration camp was a concentration and extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. Commanded by Juco Rukavina, it was the first of twenty-six concentration camps in the NDH during the war. Est ...
near
Gospić
Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje).
Gospić is the ...
and his body was thrown in the Šaran pit.
Gallery
File:Špiro Bocarić - Kneginja Zorka, Narodni muzej u Nišu, 1883.png, Princess Zorka of Montenegro
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, National Museum of Niš, 1883.
File:Špiro Bocarić - Devojke u narodnoj nošnji, 1915.jpg, Girls in folk costumes, 1915
File:Spiro Bozzarich Beim Brunnen.jpg, A painting by Bocarić
See also
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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 Arali ...
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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, S ...
References
External links
Fenix Art article
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1876 births
1941 deaths
People from Budva
Serbs of Montenegro
20th-century Serbian painters
20th-century Serbian male artists
People who died in Jadovno concentration camp
People executed by the Independent State of Croatia
Serb people who died in the Holocaust
Serbian civilians killed in World War II
Yugoslav people executed in Nazi concentration camps
Serbian male painters