Mladen Josić (15 July 1897,

Bečej Bečej (, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 19,492, while the municipality has 30,681 inhabitants. History Bečej was mentioned f ...

- 1 October 1972,

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) was a Serbian painter. He had his own ''

atelier An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or vi ...

'' in Belgrade where art students came to hone their skills, many becoming renowned academic painters and sculptors.

Biography

Mladen Josić was born in

on 15 July 1897. His family were from

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 1920. he studied in

Académie de la Grande Chaumière The Académie de la Grande Chaumière () is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France. History The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho on the rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near the A ...

under

Antoine Bourdelle Antoine Bourdelle (; 30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important ...

. On return to

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

architect Dragiša Brašovan builds an

for him. Josić paints portraits of king

Peter I of Serbia Peter I (; – 16 August 1921) was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later. Since he was the king ...

and king

Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I Karađorđević (, ; – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier ( / ), was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassinati ...

. In 1937. Josić opened his own art school within Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment, from which many artists have emerged, including

Mladen Srbinović Mladen Srbinović (Sušica near Gostivar, 29 November 1925 — Belgrade, 12 May 2009) was a Serbian painter, member of the Arts and Sciences academies of Serbia and Macedonia and professor of Belgrade University. Biography Mladen Srbinović wa ...

Matija Vuković Matija Vuković (Platičevo, 26 July 1925 – Belgrade, 21 June 1985) was a Serbian sculptor. Biography Matija Vuković was born into a poor farming family in Platičevo, on 26 July 1925. From his native village, near Ruma, after primary sch ...

, Stojan Ćelić,

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, Miodrag B. Protić,

Zora Petrović Zora Petrović (Dobrica, May 17, 1894 – Belgrade, May 25, 1962) was a Serbs, Serbian painter. Her notable works can be seen in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, and in Pavle Beljanski Memorial Coll ...

and many others. School was closed by Tito's government in 1950. In early 1950s Josić emigrated to France. He lived in Paris until he died in 1972. He is buried with his wife Asja Josić in the

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in Paris. His son, Aljoša Josić, was an architect and a painter.

Style

Josić was influenced originally by

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, and later by Realism. Many of his works were inspired by those of the French painters Cézanne and

Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

Works

* King

, portrait, oil on canvas * King

, portrait, oil on canvas *1953

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Cathedral, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm.

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