Radomir Stević Ras (26 February 1931 – 22 November 1982) was a Serbian painter, illustrator and designer. He was also founder and owner of a private theatre in the former

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that exclusively presented work of domestic authors.

Biography

Ras was born in the village of Prekopuce (

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). He was the third child of Borivoj and Kruna Stević. After completing his training in metal working (at various provincial towns in

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) he went to Belgrade to study at the Belgrade Academy of Art under Professor Mihajlo S. Petrov. Works of Radomir Stević Ras are exhibited in the

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in Mainz, Germany; The

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, Belgium; Fords Museum,

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and the

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, Serbia. Ras was married to Eva Ras (Serbian Actress, writer, and painter). Eva was his muse and model for many of his paintings. He was the father of writer and journalist Vuk Stević Ras (1957 - 2017) and also of the youngest published Serbian writer Kruna Ras (1969 - 1993). He died on 22 November 1982 in Belgrade.

Selected works

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according to Ras"Radomir Stević Ras: Rasova azbuka"
Salon muzeja primenjene umetnosti, 1974. * Illustrations for the following books 'Blood that glows' by

Branko Miljković Branko Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Миљковић; 29 January 1934 – 12 February 1961) was a Serbian poet. Biography Miljković was born in Niš to a Serb father Gligorije Miljković, who hails from Gadžin Han, and a Croat m ...

, 'Vera Pavldoljska' by

Matija Bećković Matija Bećković ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бећковић, ; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic. Life Bećković was born in Senta, in the multiethnic province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) ...

, 'A letter to Haralamije' by

Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...

, 'The Beginning of the Revolt against Dahijas' by

Filip Višnjić Filip Višnjić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Вишњић, ; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and '' guslar''. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpret ...

and 'Serbia' by Oskar Davičo * Eva za Sarojana (painting)

References

1931 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters 20th-century Serbian male artists {{serbia-painter-stub