Grigorije Davidović-Obšić or Grigorije Davidović Opšić, was a Serbian painter of the late 18th century. Most of his works can be seen on the iconostases of the monasteries of

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Biography

Grigorije Davidović Obšić was born in the

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village of

Čalma Čalma () is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,675 pe ...

in the mid-18th century. Obšić was a rich man of the time and at the same time a painter in the then-popular

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style. Grigorije name appears in 1807 as the sole subscriber of a philosophical book in his hometown of Čalma. He worked under the influence of

Teodor Kračun Teodor Dimitrijević ( sr-cyr, Теодор Димитријевић; 1730–10 April 1781), known as Teodor Kračun (Теодор Крачун) was a Serbian icon and altar painter. Biography He was born at Sremska Kamenica in 1730. His original ...

and

Georgije Mišković Georgije Mišković was a Serbian icon painter during the Serbian Baroque period of the 1760s and the 1790s. He worked on commissions with painters Teodor Kračun, Grigorije Davidović-Obšić and many others. Georgije Mišković was a proponent ...

, and his works are mostly found in village and town churches in both

and

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. He was the first assistant to Dimitrije Bačević and Teodor Kračun. He was a prolific painter in the second half of the 18th century. He also signed his works as "Grigorije Čalmanski". A great number of his art pieces were destroyed or disappeared during the invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At the Orthodox Church in Irig, he painted the Virgin's throne in 1774. His most famous work is the large

iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis () is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere withi ...

of the monastery

Šišatovac Šišatovac () is a village located in the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. The village has a Serbs, Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 211 people (as of 2011). Near the village is the Šišatovac monastery, one of 16 Serbi ...

in the Fruška Gora region that dates from 1794, though destroyed in World War II. His next artistic achievement was for the church in Divoš on 7 October 1795. There he painted the walls: "Christ Coming to Earth" " and three icons on the

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of the same Orthodox Church. Davidović is the author of the 1804 iconostasis in the church in Gornji

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Мирјана Лесек: "Уметничка баштина у Срему", Нови Сад 2000. године and the iconostasis of the 1786 Serbian Orthodox Church in

Laćarak Laćarak (, ) is a village located in the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. The settlement has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 10,638 inhabitants (as of 2011 census). Historical population * 1961: 5,902 * 1971: 8,121 ...

(known as ''Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog arhanđela Mihajla u Laćarku''). His work can also be found in the churches of Opatovac, Jazka, his native

, Manđelos,

Veliki Radinci Veliki Radinci () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,426 people (2011 census). Name In ...

, Platičevo, and

Ležimir Ležimir () is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 947 people (2002 census). Name In Serbian languag ...

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