Petar Meseldžija ( sr-cyr, Петар Меселџија, born in 1965 in

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) is a

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and

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artist and illustrator.

Biography

Meseldžija was born in Novi Sad in 1965. He started his career in 1981 as the author of the comic ''Krampi'' published in the

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''Stripoteka''. He studied at the Novi Sad Art Academy. During his studies he continued to work on comics and also started working as an illustrator. In 1991 he illustrated his first book, ''Peter Enkorak''. At the end of 1991 he moved to

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, and soon after stopped working as a comic book artist. In 1998 he held his first exhibition at

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Gallery in

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. His book ''The Legend of Steel Bashaw'' was published in 2008. The book features, alongside Meseldžija's illustrations, a story written by him, based on the Serbian

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. Meseldžija worked on the European version of Tarzan comics. During the 1990s he illustrated more than 120 posters and greeting cards, mostly for Verkerke Reproduktie. He did 33 illustrations for the book ''King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table'' published by

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-based Grimm Press. He illustrated books from the

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series. Meseldžija painted covers for the children's fantasy novels published by

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Awards

* The International Golden pen of Belgrade (1994) * Art Show Judges Choice Award, 59

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(2001) * Silver

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from "Spectrum 4 – The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art", (1997) * Silver Spectrum Award from "Spectrum 10 – The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art", (2003) * Gold Spectrum Award from "Spectrum 16 – The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" (2009, for "The Legend of Steel Bashaw")

References

Petar Meseldžija biography

External links

Official website
1965 births Living people Artists from Novi Sad 20th-century Serbian painters 21st-century Serbian painters Serbian comics artists Serbian fantasy artists 20th-century Serbian illustrators 21st-century Serbian illustrators Serbian poster artists {{serbia-painter-stub