Jovan Isailović
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Jovan Isailović Sr. (1756–1825) was a Serbian icon and mural painter who lived and worked in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. In 1772 he started painting an
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 ...
in the Church of St. George in
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with fellow painters Teodor Kračun and Lazar Serdanović. The iconostasis in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint George, better known as Sveti Đurađ monastery in Romanian Banat, is also linked to Jovan Isailović Senior, dating from 1803 to 1804, and presenting a strong Byzantine influence. Isailović Senior also worked with his colleague painter Janko Halkozović. Many of the iconostasis and icons attributed to him were pillaged during World War II.


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List of painters from Serbia This is a list of notable Serbian painters. A * Nikola Aleksić (1808–1873) * Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855) * Ljubomir Aleksandrović (1828–1890) * Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923) * Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945) * Stojan Arali ...
* Serbian art


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18th-century Serbian painters 18th-century male artists 19th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters Serbian icon painters Serbian muralists 1756 births 1825 deaths Place of death unknown Place of birth unknown 19th-century Serbian male artists {{Serbia-painter-stub