Janko Mihailović Moler
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Janko Mihailović Moler (in Cyrillic Serbian: Јанко Михаиловић Молер; Negrišori,
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, 1792 - Negrišori,
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, 1853) was a Serbian priest and artist. He was an icon and portrait painter.


Biography

He is known for painting the icons of the
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
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in Ježevica Monastery, the Orthodox church in Guča, the church of
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monastery, the monastery and the wooden church of Dobroselica, on the
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mountains. He also painted the iconostasis in the church in the village Prilipac near Požega. With his son Sreten Protić, he painted the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Bjeluša, near Arilje, in 1831, and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Gorobilje. He also did the portrait of Nikifor Maksimović, the founder of the Sretenje monastery near Čačak. He is also credited with the coat of arms of the Obrenović dynasty, which adorns the façade of Jovan Obrenović's '' konak'' in Čačak.https://www.cacakmuzej.org.rs/files/Vodic_Engleski.pdf


Gallery

Wiki Šumadija I Gospodar Jovanov konak 060.jpg, Coat of arms of the Obrenović dynasty Manastir jezevica4.JPG, Iconostasis in Ježevica Monastery Црква брвнара у Доброселици1.jpg, Iconostasis in the wooden church of Dobroselica Crkva u Prilipcu 19.jpg, Iconostasis in church of Prilipac


See also

* List of painters from Serbia * Serbian art


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moler, Janko Mihailovic 1792 births 1853 deaths People from Lučani Serbian Orthodox clergy 19th-century Serbian male artists 19th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters Serbian portrait painters