Novak Radonić ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Радонић;
Mol, 31 March 1826 –
Sremska Kamenica, 11 July 1890) was a Serbian painter from the
Austrian Empire
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and later
Austria-Hungary
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.
Life and work
He was the pupil of Petar Pilić and
Nikola Aleksić before he went to study art in Vienna in 1851. Upon graduation, he went to live and work in
Bačka. He completed iconostases in churches in his native
Mol, as well as in nearby
Ada and
Srbobran.
He was best known as a painter of historical compositions, for example the Death of Emperor Uroš and the Death of Prince Marko. In addition to religious themes and historical compositions, he also painted portraits in which he reached the highest peaks. His portrait of a boy Dušan Popović is one of the most beautiful and celebrated Serbian portraits from the nineteenth century. As a visual chronicler of Serbian civil society, with an exceptional feeling for the characteristics of the character, he left a whole gallery of portraits of friends and distinguished contemporaries. A special unit of his consists of self-portraits in which he gives a romantic analysis of the subject's own character and mental condition. The encounter with the works of the greats of Italian Renaissance painting conceived doubts in his own artistic possibilities which led him to the final abandonment of painting. Radonić,
Pavle Simić
Pavle Simić (Novi Sad, Austrian Empire, 1818 – Novi Sad, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 17 January 1876) was one of the most significant artists during the Serbian Romantic era.
Biography
Pavle Simić was born into a family of merchants. Havin ...
, and
Đura Jakšić
Georgije "Đura" Jakšić (; 27 July 1832 – 16 November 1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and Bohemianism, bohemian.
Biography
Đura Jakšić was born as Georgije Jakšić in Srpska Crnja, Austrian Empire (present-day Serbi ...
were the culmination of Serbian Romanticism.
Gallery
Novak Radonić.jpg, ''Self-portrait'' (1857)
Novak Radonić, Dimitrije Saračević, 1857.jpg, ''Portrait of Dimitrije Saračević'' (1857)
Novak Radonić, Persida Saračević, 1857, National museum of Serbia.jpg, ''Portrait of Persida Saračević'' (1857)
Novak Radonić - Studija muškarca sa bradom, 1858-1859.jpg, ''Studija muškarca sa bradom'' (1858-1859)
Novak Radonić, Devojka s kanarincem, 1865, Galerija Matice srpske, Novi Sad.jpg, ''Girl with a canary'' (1865)
Smrt cara Uroša, Novak Radonić.jpg, ''The death of Emperor Stefan Uroš V
Saint Stefan Uroš V ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош V, ; 13362/4 December 1371), known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak (), was the Emperor of the Serbs, second Emperor (Tsar#Serbia, Tsar) of the Serbian Empire (1355–13 ...
'' (1890)
Jakov Ignjatovic Novak Radonić.jpg, ''Portrait of Jakov Ignjatović''
See also
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List of painters from Serbia
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Konstantin Danil
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Nikola Aleksić
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Đura Jakšić
Georgije "Đura" Jakšić (; 27 July 1832 – 16 November 1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and Bohemianism, bohemian.
Biography
Đura Jakšić was born as Georgije Jakšić in Srpska Crnja, Austrian Empire (present-day Serbi ...
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Katarina Ivanović
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Stevan Todorović
References
External links
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Serbian Culture/Radonic painting
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1826 births
1890 deaths
Artists from the Austrian Empire
Painters from Austria-Hungary
Romantic painters
Serbian painters