Đorđe Jovanović (21 January 1861 – 26 March 1953) was a Serbian

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and a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Biography

Jovanović was born in

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, where he spent the first three years of his life. Then, his family moved to

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. He studied at

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, where he obtained his ''baccalauréat'' from ''

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'' in 1882. In 1884, he obtained a state grant to pursue his post-graduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he started studying painting and sculpture. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. After completing his studies in 1887, he lived between

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, and

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. In Paris, he improved his art with Henri Chapu and Jean Antoine Injalbert. In 1889, at the World Exhibition in Paris, he won a prize for the "Gusle" and then, in 1900, at the World Exhibition in Paris, he won the first award for the "Kosovo Monument". Jovanović was very prolific, and many of his works can be seen in Serbia, and in particular in Belgrade. Sculptor and Cartoonist Jovan Pešić (1866-1936) was one of his early students in Novi Sad. He exhibited his artworks as a part of

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's pavilion at International Exhibition of Art of 1911. Jovanović married Emma Victoria Scheitler on 26 September 1889. They had two sons: Mirko (1892–1915) and Branko (1895–1939). After Emma Victoria died in 1928 near Munich, Jovanović married Marguerite Robert (1879–1965). Today his work can be found in parks, art galleries, and museums throughout

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. Also, Đorđe Jovanović work can be found in the collection of Milan Jovanović Stojimirović who bequeathed a large number of sculptures, paintings, sketches, and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in

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Gallery

Djordje Jovanovic grave.jpg, Statue at Jovanović's tomb Josif Pancic -spomenik.jpg, '' Josif Pančić'' Jovan Subotić.jpg, '' Jovan Subotić'' Kruševac, náměstí III.jpg, ''Monument to heroes of Kosovo'' Свјетлопис споменика Вуку Караџићу у Биограду.jpg, '' Vuk's monument'' Miloš Obrenović statue in Požarevac, Serbia.jpg, '' Miloš Obrenović'' Milovan glisic by djordje jovanovic.jpg, Milovan Glišić Wiki.Vojvodina III Ulica Grčkoškolska 090.jpg, ''Mercury'' on top of the Central credits bureau building in

, 1896 Ђорђе Јовановић - Србија, 1909.png, ''Serbia'' Djordje Jovanovic Kraljica Marija.jpg, ''Bust of queen Marija Karađorđević'' Portret Katarine Stojimirović, Đorđe Jovanović.jpg, ''Bust of Katarina Stojimirović'' File:Фонтаница.jpg, Statue of a Nymph with Cornucopia in Dunavski park,

, 1912 Đorđe Jovanović, The Fragrance of Roses, 1914, National Museum of Serbia.jpg, ''The Fragrance of Roses'' Skupstina reljefi.jpg, Facade medallions (from left:

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, Pallas Athena, and

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), House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Đorđe Jovanović - Vlaho Bukovac, SASA Art collection, 1924.jpg, '' Vlaho Bukovac'', 1924 Djordje Jovanovic, Dve muze - nauka i umetnost, 1942, Umetnicka zbirka SANU, Galerija SANU.jpg, Two muses - science and art, 1942

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SANU bio
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