Miodrag Živković (

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: Миодраг Живковић; 1928 – 31 July 2020) was a Serbian sculptor and university professor. He is well-known for his work on memorial complexes throughout

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Biography

Živković was born in

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. After moving to

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with his family in 1944, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1952. After working as an arts teaching instructor in Mladenovac and

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, he was employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts within the

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, becoming Dean in 1974, a position he occupied until 1977. From 1977 to 1984 he was head of the Faculty's sculpture department. From 1991 to 1996 he was again Dean of the Faculty. He died in

on 31 July 2020.

Works

Outside of academia, Živković is known as the creator of a number of sculptures throughout the territory of the Former Yugoslavia and abroad, including the following: * "Broken Wings",

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, Serbia (1963) * Monument to the Martirs of the Federación Obrera de Magallanes (FOM), Punta Arenas, Chile (1968) * Monument to Yugoslav Immigrants, Punta Arenas, Chile (1970) * Valley of Heroes, Tjentište, Bosnia & Herzegovina (1971) * Monument to Fallen Fighters, Priština, Kosovo (1971) * Monumental Crypt, Gonars, Italy (1973) * Memorial Park "Uprising and Revolution", Grahovo, Montenegro (1978) * Kadinjača Memorial Complex, near Užice, Serbia (1952–1979) * "Freedom", Ulcinj, Montenegro (1985) * Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, New Belgrade, Serbia (1994)

Gallery

File:Monument of Brotherhood and Unity in Pristina.jpg, Monument of Brotherhood and Unity in Priština, 1961 File:Šumarice.JPG, The Interrupted Flight is a part of Šumarice Memorial Park dedicated to the hundreds of children murdered by German Nazis on 21 October 1941 in Kragujevac massacre, 1963 File:Statue of Vuk Stefanovic Karadjic.JPG, Monument dedicated to Vuk Stefanović Karadžić,

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1964 File:Spomenik Milovanu Glišiću Valjevo 001.jpg, Monument dedicated to Milovan Glišić,

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1968 File:Kadinjača Memorial Complex, Užice, Serbia. Monument near the center.JPG, Kadinjača complex near Užice, 1979 File:Spomenik pilotima 1941.JPG, Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, located in

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, alt=rectangular polished dark stone plinth pointing toward the sky, with a winged plaque and inscription at the base

References

External links

Interview with Miodrag Živković
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