Adam Stefanović ( sr-Cyrl, Адам Стефановић, 27 November 1832 – 6 May 1887) was a Serbian
lithographer and
painter
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. Together with
Pavle Čortanović, he authored illustrations of the ''Kosovo Cyclus'' (of
Serbian epic poetry).
Life
Stefanović was born in
Perlez,
Austrian Empire
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(now Serbia). He was educated at the University of Munich in 1867, and then at the University of Vienna.
He was an associate of
Pavle Čortanović.
He lived in
Pančevo
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in the 1870s, where he published his lithographs with Čortanović. He is deemed to have been "far better" of an illustrator than his companion.
Work
File:Spaljivanje-mostiju-sv-save.jpg, "Burning of the Relics of St. Sava", ca. 1860
Battle of Kosovo, Adam Stefanović, 1870.jpg, "Battle of Kosovo", 1870
Adam Stefanović, Kneževa večera, 1871.jpg, "The Prince's Supper", 1871
Jug Bogdan and sons.jpg, "Jug Bogdan and Sons"
Miloš Obilić posle zavere pred šatorom Muratovim, Pavle Čortanović i Adam Stefanović.jpg, Miloš Obilić at the tent of Murad
See also
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List of painters from Serbia
References
Sources
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1832 births
1887 deaths
People from Zrenjanin
Realist painters
19th-century Serbian painters
Serbian male painters
19th-century lithographers
20th-century Serbian painters
19th-century Serbian male artists
20th-century Serbian male artists