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Petar Omčikus
Petar Omčikus (; sr-Cyrl, Петар Омчикус; 6 October 1926 – 26 April 2019) was a Serbian painter and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, who lived and worked in Paris, France. Biography Omčikus was born in Sušak, Rijeka, at the time in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Since 1937, Omčikus lived in Belgrade. After World War II, he began painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, in class of professor Ivan Tabaković. Together with his wife, painter Kossa Bokchan, he left his studies in painting, went to Zadar, and became one of the founders of the Zadar Group, where there were also Mića Popović, Vera Božičković, Bata Mihailović, Ljubinka Jovanovi ć and Mileta Andrejević. After a six-month stay in Zadar, he returned to Belgrade where he joined the Group of Eleven, and had his first solo exhibition, hosted in 1951. Shortly after, in 1952, Petar Omčikus and Kossa Bokshan left from Yugoslavia and moved to Paris. Since 1965, they occa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sušak, Rijeka
Sušak (in Italian ''Sussak'') is a part of the city of Rijeka in Croatia, where it composes the eastern part of the city, separated from the city center by the Rječina river, which in former times served as an international border. Notable features of Sušak include the public beaches at Pećine and Glavanovo, along with the Tower Center shopping mall. History Under the Habsburg monarchy, Rijeka and the surrounding area technically belonged to the Hungarian half of the Monarchy. Sušak was a municipality separate from the city of Rijeka and since the 19th century, it experienced faster urbanisation and population growth. Kingdom of Yugoslavia In 1924, Rijeka belonged to the independent Free State of Fiume, which had been created four years earlier under the Treaty of Rapallo, but in the Treaty of Rome the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and Italy agreed to dissolve the free state. Instead Fiume was annexed to Italy as the Province of Fiume, and Sušak remained wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milet Andrejevic
Milet Andrejević (28 September 1925 – 21 October 1989) was a Yugoslav-born American painter in the realist tradition. A classically trained artist who went through a series of different artistic periods, including post-Impressionism, Expressionism, and Pop Art, Andrejević was best known for his allegorical landscapes set in New York City's Central Park. Early life Born Mileta Andrejević in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, Andrejević studied painting at the Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts. His brother, Krsta Andrejević, also become a well-known painter in the former Yugoslavia. As a teen, he lived through the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia and was eventually conscripted into Tito's army at the end of World War II. Andrejević studied under Ivan Tabaković at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, where he joined several of the artists who would form the Zadar Group, including Mića Popović, Bata Mihajlović, Petar Omčikus, Ljubinka Jovanović, Kosara Bokšan, and Vera Božičkov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the last country to officially adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place in October, 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope Gregory XIII. Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Ibn Saud is crowned ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. * January 16 – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting. * January 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Luc Menaše
Luc Menaše (3 April 1925 - 2 July 2002) was a Slovene art historian and prolific author of books on art history. He won the Levstik Award in 1971 for his book (European Art Historical Dictionary). Selected published works * ( Museum of Fine Arts Budapest), 1983 * (Artists and Their Company: Slovene Artistic Scene of the 20th Century Through Portraits and Caricatures), 1981 * (Famous People on Stamps), 1978 * (Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) was a Slovenes, Slovene Painting, painter, and is considered the most prominentpainter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and wo ...), 1972 * (European Art Historical Dictionary), 1971 * (Portrait Painting in Western Europe), 1962 * ( Gabrijel Stupica), 1959 * (The Self Portrait in Slovenia), 1958 References Slovenian art historians 1925 births 2002 deaths People from the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi Levstik Award l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy, France
Nancy is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a Provinces of France, province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment, it was nicknamed the "capital of Eastern France" in the late 19th century. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 508,793 inhabitants as of 2021, making it the 16th-largest functional area (France), functional urban area in France and Lorraine's largest. The population of the city of Nancy proper is 104,387 (2022). The motto of the city is —a reference to the thistle, which is a symbol of Lorraine. Place Stanislas, a large square built between 1752 and 1756 by architect Emmanuel Héré under the direction of Stanislaus I of Poland to link the medieval old town of Nancy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genève
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the ICRC and IFRC of the Red Cross. In the aftermath of World War I, it hosted the League of Nations. It was where the Geneva Conventions on humanitarian treatment in war were signed. It shares a unique distinction with municipalities such as New York City, Basel, and Strasbourg as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 236,234 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,515,061 that same year (January 2020 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz
Borislav "Mihiz" Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Борислав Михајловић Михиз; 17 October 1922 – 15 December 1997) was a Serbian writer and literary critic. He was one of the leaders of the Committee for the Protection of Artistic Freedom. A street in Dorćol Dorćol ( sr-Cyrl, Дорћол; ) is an affluent urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. Located along the right bank of the Danube, Dorćol is the oldest surviving neighbo ... is named after him. Selected works * ''Pesme'', 1947 * ''Ogledi'', 1951 * ''Od istog čitaoca'', 1956 * ''Srpski pesnici između dva rata'', 1956 * ''Književni razgovori'', 1971 * ''Izdajnici'', 1986 * ''Portreti'', 1988 * ''Autobiografija o drugima'', 1990 * ''Autobiografija o drugima – druga knjiga'', 1993 * ''Banović Strahinja'', drama * ''Komanant Sajler'', drama * ''Kraljević Marko'', drama * ''Optuženi Pera Todorović'', drama ;Screenplays * ''Koresp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bora Grujić
Bora may refer to: Geography * Bora (Australian), the site of an initiation ceremony in Australian aboriginal culture, sometimes known as Bora rings * Bora, India, a village in Punjab, India * Borá, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil * Bora (wind), a north to north-eastern katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea. * Bora River, a name for the Lotru River in Romania * Bora River, a semi-fictional river in The African Queen (novel), also named the Ulanga-Bora River, know often known as the Ulanga River. Art, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Bora (comics), a Marvel Comics character with wind-related powers * Bora Horza Gobuchul, the protagonist of the novel ''Consider Phlebas'' by Iain M. Banks Television * ''Bora'' (television series) * Bora, a super-powerful robot that fought Pluto in an ''Astro Boy'' (1980 TV series) episode; Bora's attack is a powerful cry that releases a katabatic wind * Bora, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' * Bora, a group of rebel co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Božičković
Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia *Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra *La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States * Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Vera, Kansas, a ghost town * Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Vera, Oklahoma, a town *Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community * Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere *Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina * Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe * Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality *Cape Vera, Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
