Wilhelmina "Mina" Karadžić-Vukomanović ( sr-Cyrl, Вилхелмина "Мина" Караџић-Вукомановић; 12 July 1828, in

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– 12 June 1894, in ''ibidem'') was an

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n-born Serbian painter and writer.

Biography

She was born in

, as the seventh child of

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić VUK or Vuk may refer to: *Vuk (name), South Slavic given name ** Vuk, Ban of Bosnia (), a member of the Kotromanić dynasty ** Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian language reformer and folklorist, often referred to simply as Vuk * ''Vuk'' (film) ...

and the Viennese Ana Maria Kraus. From an early age she received comprehensive education, beginning with reading and writing in German language, and continuing with French, Italian, Serbian, and English. She studied visual arts with the Austrian painter Friedrich Schilcher, as well as in various galleries in Vienna, Venice, Dresden, and Berlin. In the early 1850s, Karadžić worked on translating a collection of Serbian folk poems to German language. The collection was finalized and published in 1852 as ''Gusle, Serbische Nationallieder'' by Ludwig August von Frankl. In 1854 Karadžić published ''Volksmarchen der Serben'', a German translation of Serbian folk tales and proverbs collected by her father Vuk, with the introduction by

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. In 1858, she married Aleksa Vukomanović in St Michael's Cathedral in Belgrade. In 1859, she gave birth to their son Janko Vukomanović and lost her husband to illness when the child was three months old. Karadžić died at the age of 65, in

Paintings

Mina Karadžić's painting is divided into two periods, the first under the influence of classicism, and the second under the influence of romanticism. Her best known paintings include: * Self-Portrait * Portrait of brother Dimitrije * An old woman with a white cap * Marko Kraljevic with a mace * Marko Kraljevic sa šestopercem * Young black man * Montenegrin * Greek hero * Bosnjak with red Sarough * Portrait of a girl with a red scarf * The girl in a plaid dress * Portrait of a Woman * An old man with long hair * The young man with a beard

References

1828 births 1894 deaths Artists from Vienna Serbian Austro-Hungarians 19th-century Serbian painters 19th-century Serbian women painters Burials at Serbian Orthodox monasteries and churches Painters from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Austrian women painters 19th-century Austrian painters {{Serbia-artist-stub