Uroš Predić ( sr-Cyrl, Урош Предић, ; Orlovat, 7 December 1857 – Belgrade, 12 February 1953) was a Serbian Realist painter. Predić is perhaps best known for his early works depicting ordinary people, as well as his many portraits.

Biography

He was born in Orlovat, and attended primary school in Crepaja. After finishing his secondary education in

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(this school was later named after him), he went to

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to study at the academy in 1876. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna in 1880. He studied in the class of professor Christian Griepenkerl, who also taught Predić's contemporary Paja Jovanović. During his studies, he received the Gundel's prize – for a male model painting in oil. In 1882, he worked in private studio of professor Grieppenkerl, and in the period from 1883 to 1885 he was an assistant professor of the Department of Antiquity at the Art academy in Vienna. During that time, under the instruction of professor Grieppenkerl, and the architect Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, he painted 13 wall paintings of ancient, historical and

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ological compositions for the

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in the House of Lords at the Reichsratsgebäude (Imperial Council Building) in Vienna. In 1885, he returned to Orlovat, where he painted a series of paintings about the life of his fellow villagers. After that, from 1886 to 1889, he lived in Belgrade, and from 1890 to 1893 in

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and

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. From 1894 to 1909, Predić lived in Orlovat, and from 1909, until his death, he lived and worked in Belgrade. The first exhibition of his paintings was in 1888 in Belgrade. He was elected to the group of painters who represented Serbia at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in

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. In a small gallery he presented the 8 oil paintings. Although the French critics did not recognize his work Predić will become very popular in Serbia, especially because of the sense of humor shown in some works. He had many exhibitions, both in

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and aboard. Later his output was mainly portraits and icons. He was one of the founders of the ''"Lada" society'' in 1904, and became its president. He was elected as associate member of the Serbian Royal Academy on 26 January 1909, and on 3 February 1910 as a regular member. Predić exhibited his artworks as a part of

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at International Exhibition of Art of 1911. He was one of the founders of the Society of painters in Belgrade in 1919, and was its first president. Predić painted the icons for the Bečej orthodox church, and the icons for the chapel of

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. He died in 1953 in Belgrade, at the age of 95. He was buried in Orlovat.

Works

Some of his famous works include ''Merry brothers'', ''

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(on mother's grave)'', the historical painting ''Bosnia-Herzegovinian fugitives'' and perhaps his most recognizable ''Kosovo Maiden''. Predić also painted the famous portraits of the presidents of Serbian academy:

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, Stojan Novaković (1920), Jovan Žujović (1921), Jovan Cvijić (1923), Slobodan Jovanović (1930), Bogdan Gavrilović (1935)

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(1940). He also painted portraits of Michael I. Pupin,

Laza Kostić Lazar "Laza" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар "Лаза" Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician who is considered to be one of the greatest ...

, Mihailo Petrović Alas (1943), Ksenija Atanasijević (1917),

Branislav Petronijević Branislav "Brana" Petronijević (sometimes styled as Petronievics) (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав "Брана" Петронијевић; 6 April 1875 – 4 March 1954) was a Serbian philosopher and paleontologist. His major work is the two- ...

(1911) amongst others.

Gallery

File:Bice belaja, U. Predic.jpg, Copy of ''Going to be trouble'' (1886) published in Nova iskra (1899); the original has never been recovered File:Merry brothers 1887.jpg, ''" Happy Brothers"'' painting, 1887. File:Uroš Predić - Siroče.jpg, ''"Orphan on mother's grave"'' painting, 1888. File:Hercegovački begunci, Uroš Predić.jpg, ''"

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from the Herzegovina Uprising"'' painting, 1889. File:"Watering of Dodola" by Uroš Predić, published in magazine "Orao" in 1892.jpg, ''"Watering of Dodola"'' painting, Orao magazine, 1892. File:St. Nikola and Patriarch Lukijan.jpg, ''"The Turbulent Sea"'' painting, 1910. File:Kosovo Maiden, Uroš Predić, 1919.jpg, ''" Kosovo Maiden"'' painting, 1919. File:Sveti Sava blagosilja Srpčad, Uroš Predić, 1921.jpg, ''"Saint Sava blesses Serb youth"'', 1921. File:Nacrt povelje Kola srpskih sestara, Uroš Predić.tif, Circle of Serbian Sisters Charter, 1922. File:Queen Natalia Obrenovic of Serbia in Paris by Uros Predic.jpg, Queen Natalia Obrenović of Serbia File:King Alexander I of Yugoslavia by Uroš Predić.jpg, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia by Uroš Predić. File:Uroš Predić - Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, GMS.png, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj File:Uroš Predić - Pesnik Laza Kostić, GMS.png,

File:Stojan Novaković, portrait by Uroš Predić.jpg, Stojan Novaković File:Jovan Žujović, Uroš Predić.jpg, Jovan Žujović File:Jovan Cvijić, Uroš Predić.jpg, Jovan Cvijić File:Uroš Predić - Mihailo Pupin. gms.png, Mihailo Pupin File:Portret Pere Dobrinovića, Uroš Predić, 1921.jpg, Pera Dobrinović File:Slobodan Jovanović, by Uroš Predić (1931).jpg, Slobodan Jovanović

References

External links

Icons in Bečej church
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