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Đorđe Jovanović (21 January 1861 – 26 March 1953) was a Serbian sculptor and a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Đorđe Jovanović Ђорђе Јовановић | |
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 Photo of Jovanović | |
| Born | 21 January 1861 |
| Died | 23 March 1953 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Jovanović was born in Novi Sad, where he spent the first three years of his life. Then, his family moved to Požarevac. He studied at Kragujevac, where he obtained his baccalauréat from Grandes écoles in 1882.
In 1884, he obtained a state grant to pursue his post-graduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he started studying painting and sculpture. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
After completing his studies in 1887, he lived between Munich, Paris, and Belgrade. In Paris, he improved his art with Henri Chapu and Jean Antoine Injalbert. In 1889, at the World Exhibition in Paris, he won a prize for the "Gusle" and then, in 1900, at the World Exhibition in Paris, he won the first award for the "Kosovo Monument".
Jovanović was very prolific, and many of his works can be seen in Serbia, and in particular in Belgrade. Sculptor and Cartoonist Jovan Pešić (1866-1936) was one of his early students in Novi Sad.[1]
He exhibited his artworks as a part of Kingdom of Serbia's pavilion at International Exhibition of Art of 1911.[2]
Jovanović married Emma Victoria Scheitler on 26 September 1889. They had two sons: Mirko (1892–1915) and Branko (1895–1939). After Emma Victoria died in 1928 near Munich, Jovanović married Marguerite Robert (1879–1965).
Today his work can be found in parks, art galleries, and museums throughout Serbia. Also, Đorđe Jovanović work can be found in the collection of Milan Jovanović Stojimirović who bequeathed a large number of sculptures, paintings, sketches, and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo.[3]
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Statue at Jovanović's tomb
Monument to heroes of Kosovo
Mercury on top of the Central credits bureau building in Novi Sad, 1896
Serbia
Bust of queen Marija Karađorđević
Bust of Katarina Stojimirović
Statue of a Nymph with Cornucopia in Dunavski park, Novi Sad, 1912
The Fragrance of Roses
Facade medallions (from left: Demosthenes, Cicero, Pallas Athena, and Pericles), House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Vlaho Bukovac, 1924
Two muses - science and art, 1942
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