Petar Lubarda (

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: Петар Лубарда); 27 July 1907 – 13 February 1974) was a Serbian painter.

Biography

He was born in Ljubotinj, near

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. Lubarda's father was an officer of the

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who was killed by the

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, which left a mark on Lubarda's career and upbringing. He spent a part of the war years in a German prison camp. Lubarda self-declared as a

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and sent a letter demanding that this information be included as a part of his biography in upcoming art catalogues as well as demanding that his work be presented as a part of Serbia's pavilion. He studied painting in Belgrade and

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. From 1932 until his death he lived in Belgrade, with exception of period 1946–1950 when he was a professor at an art school in

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. His work is inspired by Serbian history and Montenegrin landscape. His most preferred subject was the historic 1389

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, which Lubarda painted in various formats in more than 30 versions. Lubarda won numerous awards including the prestigious

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, Medal of Honour by Calcutta Art Society in 1968 and many other awards in

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and

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Biennale. The house used by Petar Lubarda and his wife Vera located in Senjak,

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, was turned into an art gallery featuring notable works by Lubarda and personal items.

Exhibitions

* Gymnasium,

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, 1925 * Casa dell' Arte Moderna Bragaglio,

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, 1929 * French club,

, 1933 * Art pavilion, Belgrade, 1934 * Art gallery ULUS, Belgrade, 1951 * Galerie Yougoslavie,

, 1952 * Galerie Michel Warren, Paris, 1954 * Leicester Galleries,

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, 1955 * Art pavilion,

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, 1958 * Small gallery,

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, 1959 * Gallery of, Belgrade, 1961 * Galleria Penelope, Rome, 1962 * Gallery of House of JNA, Belgrade, 1962 * Rabotnički university,

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, 1963 * Gallery of House of JNA, Belgrade, 1964 * Museum of Contemporary Art, retrospective, Belgrade, 1967 * Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, 1967 * Art Gallery "Josip Bepo Benković",

, 1967 * Art pavilion, Podgorica, 1968 * Art museum SR Montenegro,

, 1968 * National museum,

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, 1968 * Art gallery of Belgrade Cultural Centre, 1968 * SANU Gallery, Belgrade, 1969 * House of culture "Olga Petrov", Opovo, 1969 * City museum,

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, 1970 * Art gallery, House of culture in Vrbas, 1970 * Art gallery of Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1971 Posthumous * National museum, Belgrade, 1974 * Commemorative Exhibition, Skopje, 1974 * Lubarda's atelier, commemorative exhibition, Belgrade, 1974 * Collegium artisticum, retrospective,

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, 1978 * Modern gallery,

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, 1978 * Modern gallery, retrospective, Ljubljana, 1978 * Museum of contemporary art, Belgrade, 1984 * Gallery of art of non-aligned countries "Josip Broz Tito", Podgorica * Modern gallery, Budva, 1985 * Forum gallery, Nikšić, 1986 * Art Gallery "Josip Bepo Benković", Herceg Novi, 1989 * Biljarda, Cetinje, 1994 * Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, 1998 * Gallery "Nikola I", Nikšić, 2000 * Palace of Nikola I, Bar, 2000 * Galeria Lorber, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2004 * Gallery of

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, Belgrade, 2007 * Belgrade gallery, Belgrade, 2007 * Heritage house, Belgrade, 2014

Awards

* Grand Prix, World exhibit,

, 1937 * I award at an international exhibition,

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, 1939 * I federal award of Yugoslavia,

, 1948 * I state award of SR Montenegro,

, 1948 * I state award of SR Montenegro, Цетиње, 1949 * International award, Biennale,

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, 1953„Фантастична звер” вратила се у Београд („Политика”, 27. фебруар 2017)
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, 1955 * October award of city of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1955 * National award - Guggenheim,

, 1956 * 7 July award, Belgrade, 1964 * Order of brotherhood and unity, Belgrade, 1965 * Order of merit for the people with golden wreath, Belgrade, 1965 * AVNOJ award, Belgrade, 1966 * I award of gallery „13th November“, Cetinje, 1967 * Diploma of city of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1969 * Medal of Honour "Tagore" by Calcutta Art Society,

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, 1970 *

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, 1973 * Honorary citizen of

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* Honorary citizen of

Gallery

References

External links

*
Petar Lubarda – Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews at World Wide Arts Resources

, 1952 * Milan Kašanin, Savremeni beogradski umetnici. pages 31–32, ''Prosveta'', Belgrade, 1953 * Miodrag B. Protić, Savremenici I, ''Nolit'', Belgrade, 1955 * Oto Bihalji Merin, Lubarda - Kosovski boj, ''Jugoslavija'', Belgrade, 1956 * Miodrag B. Protić, Galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade, 1961 * Lazar Trifunović, Petar Lubarda, III kolo edicije Slikari i vajari, ''Prosveta'', Belgrade, 1964 * Aleksa Čelebonović, Savremeno slikarstvo u Jugoslaviji. pages 39–40, ''Izdavački zavod Jugoslavija'', Belgrade, 1965 * Miodrag B. Protić, Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade, 1967 * Stanislav Živković, Galerija SANU, Belgrade, 1969 * Miodrag B. Protić, Srpsko slikarsvo XX veka, ''Nolit'', Belgrade, 1970 * Sreto Bošnjak, Likovna galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade, 1971 * Lazar Trifunović, Srpsko slikarstvo 1900–1950, ''Nolit'', Belgrade, 1973 * Olga Perović, Collegium artisticum,

, 1978 * Mala enciklopedija Prosveta: Opšta enciklopedija, volume II, page 429, ''Prosveta'', Belgrade, 1978 * Lazar Trifunović, Od impresionizma do enformela. pages. 55–69, ''Nolit'', Belgrade, 1982 * Miodrag B. Protić, Slikarstvo XX veka, ''Jugoslavija'', Belgrade, ''Spektar'', Zagreb, ''Prva književna komuna'',

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, 1982 * Ješa Denegri, Dragoslav Đorđević, Marija Pušić, Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade, 1984 * Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije, volume II. page 209, ''Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod „Miroslav Krleža“'', Zagreb, 1984 * Jasna Tijardović, Galerija „Forum“,

, 1986 * Ješa Denegri, Pedesete: teme srpske umetnosti, ''Svetovi'',

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, 1993 * Aleksa Brajović, Slika i misao Petra Lubarde, ''Zvonik'', Belgrade, 2001 * Group of aurhos, Petar Lubarda, ''Radionica duše'', Belgrade, 2002 * Ksenija Samardžija, Srđa Zlopaša, Stevan Vuković, Kuća legata, Legat Petra Lubarde, Belgrade, 2014 * Enciklopedija leksikografskog zavoda, volume IV. page. 651, ''Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod'',

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