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Kosta Miličević
Kosta Miličević ( sr-Cyrl, Коста Миличевић; 3 June 1877 – 12 February 1920) was a Serbian Impressionism, Impressionist painter, known mostly for his landscapes. Biography Kosta Miličević was born to a clerical family, with a history of service in the priesthood. As a young man, he went to Belgrade, where he studied with Kiril Kutlik who operated a famous painting school. He continued his training, under difficult financial conditions, in Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Vienna, where he worked with the portrait painter, Heinrich Streblow (1862-1925) and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Munich. Until 1910, he was an informal student at the arts and crafts school of Rista and Beta Vukanović. That same year, he became a member of , an art association. In his early period, he painted in the Academicism, Academic style, as taught in Germany, then was attracted to Art Nouveau. After becoming acquainted with the works of Nadežda Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrakë
Vraka (; sr-Cyrl, Врака) is a region in Shkodër County in northern Albania. The region includes settlements located on the shore of Lake Scutari, some 7 km north of the city of Shkodër. This ethnographic region is inhabited by Serbs in Albania, Serb-Montenegrins, ''Podgoriçani'' (Muslims (ethnic group), Slavic Muslims) and Albanians; it used to be mainly inhabited by Serb-Montenegrins. A small Serbo-Montenegrin community migrated and established itself in Vraka during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The majority of the Serbo-Montenegrin community came to Vraka, Albania from Montenegro during the interwar King Zog, Zogist period following 1926 and later from 1938 until 1948. By the year 2010 most of the Orthodox families returned to Montenegro and Serbia. As of 2019, there are only a few families living there (less than five). Settlements *Boriç i Vogël (Stari Borič) *Boriç i Madh (Mladi Borič) *Rrash-Kullaj (Raš i Kula) *Grilë (Grilj) *Oma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Надежда Петровић; 11/12 October 1873 – 3 April 1915) was a Serbian painter and one of the women war photography pioneers in the region. Considered Serbia's most famous expressionist and fauvist, she was the most important Serbian female painter of the period. Born in the town of Čačak, Petrović moved to Belgrade in her youth and attended the women's school of higher education there. Graduating in 1891, she taught there for a period beginning in 1893 before moving to Munich to study with Slovenian artist Anton Ažbe. Between 1901 and 1912, she exhibited her work in many cities throughout Europe. In the later years of her life, Petrović had little time to paint and produced only a few works. In 1912, she volunteered to become a nurse following the outbreak of the Balkan Wars. She continued nursing Serbian soldiers until 1913, when she contracted typhus and cholera. She earned a Medal for Bravery and an Order of the Red Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Painters
Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the country *Pertaining to other places **Serbia (other) **Sorbia (other) *Gabe Serbian (1977–2022), American musician See also * * * Sorbs * Old Serbian (other) Old Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to the Old Serbia, a historical region * Old Serbian language, a general term for the pre-modern variants of Serbian language, including: ** the Serbian recension of Old Church Slavonic la ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Births
Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Battle of Wolf Mountain – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. February * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. March * March 2 – Compromise of 1877: The 1876 United States presidential election is resolved with the selection of Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbo-Montenegrins In Albania
Serbs and Montenegrins (Serbs-Montenegrins) are an ethno-linguistic community in Albania. They are one of the recognized national minorities. The population was concentrated in the region of Vraka, but largely emigrated in the 1990s. The community is bilingual and by majority adhere to Eastern Orthodoxy, while a minority professes Islam. The majority of the Serbo-Montenegrin community came to Albania from Montenegro during the interwar Zogist period following 1926 and later from 1938 until 1948. In the latest census (2023), 511 citizens declared themselves as Montenegrins and 586 as Serbs. Terminology The community is commonly known as Serbs-Montenegrins ( Montenegrin/ sr-Cyrl-Latn, Срби-Црногорци, Srbi-Crnogorci; ), "Serbs" () or "Montenegrins" (). It has also been called the Serbo-Montenegrin minority () by the Council of Europe or simply Serbo-Montenegrins. Demographics In the late 19th and 20th century, of the 600-700 people of the Orthodox faith living in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Serbian Painters
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 (1883–1980) * Đorđe Andrejević Kun (1904–1964) * Mika Antić (1932–1986) * Dragoslav Pavle Aksentijević (born 1942) * Marina Abramović (born 1946) * Nataša Atanasković (born 1972) * Emanuil Antonovich (1785–1829) B * Nikola Božidarević (1460–1517) * Dimitrije Bačević (1735–1770) * Georgije Bakalović (1786–1843) * Anastas Bocarić (1864–1944) * Špiro Bocarić (1876–1941) * Jovan Bijelić (c.1884–1964) * Ilija Bašičević (1895–1972) * Oto Bihalji-Merin (1904–1993) * Dimitrije Bratoglic (1765–1831) * Janko Brašić (1906–1994) * Miloš Bajić (1915–1995) * Radivoj Berbakov (1925–2003) * Kossa Bokchan (1925–2009) * Ivana Bašić (born 1986) * Bogdan Bulajić (born 1940) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potamos (Corfu)
Potamos is a Greek town adjacent to the city of Corfu. Potamos was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Greek government gazette. On 15 December 1915, it became part of the City of Corfu. In 2019, it was removed from the administrative unit of the municipality of Corfu, and transferred to the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands ( ''Kentriki Kerkyra kai Diapontia Nisia'') is a municipality in the Ionian Islands region in Greece. It covers the central part of the island of Corfu and the Diapontian Islands. The municipality was formed a .... In 2011, the population of Potamos was 3840. References Populated places in Corfu (regional unit) {{Ionian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sava
Saint Sava (, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; Glagolitic: ; ; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, abbot of Studenica Monastery, Studenica, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Church, writer, great of Serbian law, and a diplomat. Sava, born as Rastko Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Растко Немањић), was the youngest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (founder of the Nemanjić dynasty), and ruled the appanage of Zachlumia briefly in 1190–92. He then left for Mount Athos, where he became a monk Tonsure#Eastern Christianity, tonsured with the name ''Sava'' (''Sabbas''). At Athos he established the monastery of Hilandar, which became one of the most important cultural and religious centres of the Serbian people. In 1219 the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchate exiled in Nicea recognized him as the first Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corfu
Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its Greek islands, small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu (regional unit), Corfu regional unit, and is administered by three municipalities with the islands of Othonoi, Ereikoussa, and Mathraki. The principal city of the island (pop. 32,095) is also named Corfu (city), Corfu. Corfu is home to the Ionian University. The island is bound up with the history of Greece from the beginnings of Greek mythology, and is marked by numerous battles and conquests. Ancient Korkyra (polis), Korkyra took part in the Battle of Sybota which was a catalyst for the Peloponnesian War, and, according to Thucydides, the largest naval battle between Greek city states until that time. Thucydides also reports that Korkyra was one of the three great naval powers of Greece in the fifth century BCE, along with Classical Athens, At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savinac
Savinac ( sr-cyr, Савинац) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Vračar. Location Savinac is located in the western part of the municipality, on the western slopes of the Vračar hill and stretches from the Slavija Square, Slavija square to the Vračar plateau and the Temple of Saint Sava. The main streets in the neighborhood are ''Svetog Save'', ''Makenzijeva'' and the ''Boulevard of the Liberation''. Originally, the term stretched west of the boulevard (present Karađorđev Park), but today not many people consider that part of Belgrade as part of Vračar. History The neighborhood of Savinac almost entirely overlaps the neighborhood of Englezovac. Construction of the neighborhood began in 1880 when a Scottish people, Scottish businessman and Church of the Nazarene, Nazarene Francis Mackenzie (missionary), Francis Mackenzie bought a large piece of land nearby (which ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Milovanović (painter)
Milan Milovanović (Cyrillic: Милан Миловановић; 19 October 1876 – 15 August 1946) was a Serbian Impressionist painter and art teacher. Biography After finishing his secondary education in 1896, he enrolled at the art school operated by in Belgrade. The following year, he began taking lessons with Anton Ažbe in Munich and, shortly after, enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Academy of Fine Arts where he initially studied with Karl Raupp, then Ludwig von Herterich and Carl von Marr. After graduating in 1902, he spent four years studying and working in Paris, beginning at the Académie Colarossi, then at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he worked with Léon Bonnat and Luc-Olivier Merson. Upon returning to Belgrade, he received a commission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monasteries in Serbia, Macedonia (region), Macedonia and Mount Athos. In 1904 in Kragujevac, he also assisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
