Anastas Jovanović ( sr-cyrl, Анастас Јовановић, 1817 – 1 November 1899) was a
Serbian photographer and author of
Bulgarian origin.
Biography
Jovanović, was of
Bulgarian origin and during his life he always felt himself a Bulgarian and at the same time a Serb. He was born in
Vratsa
Vratsa ( ) is the largest city in northwestern Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is about north of Sofia, southeast of Montana.
Situated at the foot of the Vrachanski Bal ...
, an important administrative and garrison city under
Ottoman rule in 1817. When Anastas was 9 years old, his father sent him to continue his education in Belgrade, where his uncle worked at the Prince Obrenović sewing studio. In 1830, after the death of Anastas' father, his family moved to Belgrade. But only after one year his uncle who was their support died too.
Anastas' son
Konstantin Jovanović
Konstantin Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Константин Јовановић; ; 13 January 1849 – 15 February 1923) was a Serbian and Bulgarian architect known for providing the original designs of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and National Asse ...
(1849–1923) was a prominent architect. Anastas's daughter
Katarina Jovanović was a prominent Serbian to German translator.
He was awarded the
Order of Prince Danilo I.
Gallery
Image:Michael Obrenovic - foto van Anastas Jovanovic (1817-1899).jpg, Prince Michael by Anastas c. 1856.
Image:Corpse of late princess Kleopatra.jpg, Corpse of late princess Kleopatra
Image:Dositej Obradovic.jpg, Portrait of Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...
Image:Петар II Петровић Његош , песник и владика.jpg, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ; – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a List of rulers of Montenegro, Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose ...
by Anastas c. 1851 ( talbotype).
Image:Victory of King Milutin over the Tatars, Anastas Jovanović (1853).jpg, Victory of king Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one ...
over the Tatars
Image:Stefan Supljikac color.jpg, Portrait of voivode Stevan Šupljikac
Stevan Šupljikac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Шупљикац; 1786 – 15 December 1848), known simply as Vojvoda Šupljikac was a Serbian ''voivode'' and the first voivode of the Serbian Vojvodina.
Life
He was born in Petrinja, in 1786. He ...
References
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Serbian photographers
19th-century Serbian artists
19th-century Serbian male artists
1817 births
1899 deaths
People from Vratsa
People from the Ottoman Empire
People from the Principality of Serbia
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni