Jovan Popović (14 November 1810 – 25 September 1864) was a Serbian portrait painter.

Biography

Popović was born in

Opovo Opovo (; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,147, while Opovo municipality has 9,462 inhabitants (2022 census). Name In Serbian, the to ...

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in 1810. From 1839 he lived in

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. He was first taught painting by

Konstantin Danil Konstantin Danil ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Данил, ; 1798–1873) was a Serbian painter of the 19th century. He is most famous for his portraits and religious painting. Danil is considered to be the most important Serbian painter of Bie ...

and later he pursued his academic studies in Vienna at the famed

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. His professors there were

Joseph von Führich Joseph von Führich (fully Josef Ritter von Führich) (9 February 1800 – 13 March 1876) was an Austrian painter, one of the Nazarene movement, Nazarenes. He painted religious pictures almost exclusively. Führich acquired his greatest fame as ...

and

Leopold Kupelwieser Leopold Kupelwieser (17 October 1796, Markt Piesting – 17 November 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, often associated with the Nazarene movement. Biography He was the son of Johann Baptist Georg Kilian Kupelwieser (1760–1813), co-owne ...

. In 1845 he returned to Belgrade, but once there, unable to get commissions because they were being given to his professional rival

Dimitrije Avramović Dimitrije "Mita" Avramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Мита Митриновић; 15 March 1815 – 1 March 1855) was a Serbian writer, iconographer, caricaturist and painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preem ...

, he decided to return to Opovo in Banat in late 1845 and marry his high school sweetheart. His best man was

Jovan Sterija Popović Jovan Sterija Popović (; sr-cyr, Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian language playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. He was a reside ...

. He is credited to have painted the icons in 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 St. Nicholas

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in Dolovo, from 1853 to 1855. In the spirit of

Biedermeier The Biedermeier period was an era in Central European art and culture between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle classes grew in number and artists began producing works appealing to their sensibilities. The period began with the end of th ...

, Popović painted portraits of people, women, and children, members of the civilian population like his contemporary colleague

Katarina Ivanović Katarina Ivanović (15 April 1811 – 22 September 1882) was a Serbian painter from the Austrian Empire. She is regarded as the first Serbian female painter in modern art history. Biography Ivanović was born in Veszprém in the Austrian Empir ...

Legacy

A school in

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is named after Popović.

Gallery

File:Jovan Popovich Women Portrait.jpg, Women portrait File:Jovan Popović (1810-1864) - Portret Muškarca, 1838.jpg, Portrait of a man, 1838 File:Jovan Popović - Portret Tome Vučića Perišića,1841, oil on canvas, 54,5 x 68 cm.jpg,

Toma Vučić Perišić ''Prince'' Toma Vučić Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тома Вучић Перишић; 1787 – 13 July 1859) was a Serbian politician, military leader during the Serbian Revolution, Freemason and one of the most powerful and influential individ ...

,1841 File:Jovan Popović, Prince Mihailo Obrenović 1841.jpg, Prince Mihailo Obrenović, 1841 File:Jovan Popović, Portrait of Miloje Božić 1841, National Museum of Serbia.jpg, Portrait of Miloje Božić 1841,

National Museum of Serbia The National Museum of Serbia () is the largest and oldest museum in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the central zone of Belgrade on a square plot between the Republic Square (Belgrade), Republic Square, formerly Theatre Square, and three stree ...

File:Jovan Popović - Teodor Teja Radosavljević, 1856.png, Teodor Teja Radosavljević, 1856 File:Jovan Popović - Vuk Karadžić, XIX century.jpg,

Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...

File:Jovan-Popovic-Dete-sa-jagnjetom.jpg, Child with a lamb

References

External links

* Bust of Jovan Popović by

Olja Ivanjicki Olja (Olga) Ivanjicki ( sr-Cyrl, Оља Ивањицки; 10 May 1931, in Pančevo – 24 June 2009, in Belgrade) was a Serbian painter, sculptor and poet. Life, work and awards Olga Ivanjicki, the daughter of October Revolution, Russian emigran ...

Opovo - Jovan Popović - Painter 1810-1864. (Author Olja Ivanjicki)
1810 births 1864 deaths Painters from the Austrian Empire Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni People from Opovo {{Serbia-artist-stub

Biography

Legacy

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