Vasa Ostojić or Vasilije Ostojić ( sr-cyr, Васа/Василије Остојић; 1730–1791) was a Serbian Baroque painter of icons and frescoes.
Life
Ostojić was born in
Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci ( sr-Cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka Districtautonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, from Novi Sad. According to the 202 ...
, in the
Habsburg Military Frontier in 1730.
He collaborated with monk-painter
Amvrosije Janković
Ambrozije or Amvrosije Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Амброзије/Амвросије Јанковић; born around 1730 in Sečuj, a village in Hungary) was a Serbian painter-iconographer.
Life and work
He was educated at Szentendre in the Seminary o ...
on church projects in Sremski Karlovci. He was once
Dimitrije Bačević
Dimitrije Bačević (1735–1770) was a Serbian icon painter and muralist in the Baroque style.
Biography
Bačević studied painting at the workshop of Vasilije Romanovich and Jov Vasilijevich who came to Sremski Karlovci from Kyiv, Imperial Russ ...
's pupil and assistant.
His notable works include the
Serbian Orthodox Church
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of the Assumption (''Uspenska crkva'') in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
, St. Nicholas in
Irig and
Neradin (1760), the iconostasis in the Orthodox church in
Voganj
Voganj () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has the population of 1,506 (2011 census).
Location
The village is located west of its municipal seat, town of Ru ...
and the iconostasis in the monastery church of
Rakovac. Additionally, he created the iconostasis of the
Church of Saint Demetrius in
Buda
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(lost in the Great Tabán Fire of 1810), and most notably, the iconostasis in the
Annunciation Church in
Szentendre
Szentendre, also known as Saint Andrew is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri ...
.
Ostojić was under the influences of Russian and Ukrainian Baroque masters.
Later in life, he was ennobled for his artistic achievements.
Ostojić died in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
in 1791.
See also
*
List of painters from Serbia
This is a list of notable Serbian painters.
A
* Nikola Aleksić (1808–1873)
* Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855)
* Ljubomir Aleksandrović (1828–1890)
* Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923)
* Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945)
* Stojan Arali ...
References
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1730 births
1791 deaths
People from Sremski Karlovci
18th-century Serbian painters
18th-century male artists
Artists from Novi Sad
Habsburg Serbs