Janko Halkozović was a Serbian painter from

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, modern-day

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. His art, like

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's, developed in the tradition of Serbian southern regions. He became a renowned artist when he moved to

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in the northern part of Serbian regions. In 1757 he painted the

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for Mala Remeta Monastery, and the next year he did parts of the iconostasis in Beočin Monastery, where he painted several murals in 1777. Halkozović also painted the iconostasis in Osijek and the main icons on the iconostasis of the Church of Holy Mother's Ascension in

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, among which the dominating one is the central component of the Coronation of the Mother of God that has been attributed to him. He also collaborated with other painters, including Jovan Isailović Senior. Halkozović lived and worked at about the same time as painters Stanoje Popović, Vasa Ostojić,

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, Jovan Četirević Grabovan,

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, Pavel Ćurković, Jovan Isailović,

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, and others. Unfortunately, a great deal of their iconostases and individual paintings were destroyed or disappeared during the invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the

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during World War II. The remaining icons and individual paintings that were recovered are now in museums throughout

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. Although there are elements of the old manner of painting in Halković's work, the dominating influences are highlighted by the trends of the

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era.

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