Arsenije Teodorović (, Perlez,

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, 1767 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 13 February 1826) was a Serbian painter from the Banat region of

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who is widely considered one of

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's foremost

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s. His best known work is the portrait of

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 father of modern Serbian literature. Shortly before he died, Teodorović bequeathed more than 1,000 paintings to the founder of the Arts and Crafts School of the

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, Stefan Stratimirović.

Career

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1788 until 1796, and then lived in

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and

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. He was engaged in portrait painting and painting icons for the sanctuary screens (

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), and he also painted some historical compositions as well. Teodorović's portrait of Dositej Obradović is considered to be one of the first, modern Serbian civic portraitures. With this portrait, Teodorović placed himself in a Serbian Biedermeier school that include Pavel Đurković, Nikola Aleksić, Konstantin Danil, Jeftimije Popović (1791–1832) and others. Portraits of writer Avram Mrazović, merchant Gavrilo Bozitovac (1819), priest Simeon Kojić and his wife Makrena Kojić (1825), and bishop Kiril Živković are further examples of Arsenije Teodorović's masterly style. He even more clearly exhibited his classicist tendencies painting his icons and his allegorical and historical compositions. In

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Teodorović managed the Drawing School, through which he significantly influenced the next generation of artists. As far as it is known today, he authored 26 sanctuary screens that still can be found in Serbian Orthodox churches throughout

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and

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, 1793; Futog, 1798;

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, 1800;

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, 1808;

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, 1809;

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, 1818; Saravale, 1811; Novi Sad, 1811;

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, 1815;

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, 1817; Bavanište, 1818; Mol (Ada) and others.

Works

His work can be found today at art museums and churches: * The Town Museum of

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* Serbian Orthodox Diocesan Museum in

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* Gallery of Matica Srpska in

* Arte Galerija of

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References

Literature

* St. Todorović, O srpskom slikaru Arsi Teodoroviću, Naše doba 1882 - 14 * V. Stajić Novosadske biografije V Novi sad 1940 (153–156) * M. Kolarić, Klasicizam kod Srba, Beograd 1965 (93–98) * Tekst dr Midraga Kolarića za Enciklopediju Jugoslavije JLZ Zagreb 1972 {{DEFAULTSORT:Teodorović, Arsenije 1767 births 1826 deaths Painters from the Austrian Empire Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Serbs of Vojvodina Serbian painters

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