Painter, Graphic artist

(Sremska Mitrovica, 1912 – Novi Sad, 1988)
He finished the Art College in Belgrade (Teaching Dept. and standard academic courses) in 1938 (with professors Beta Vukanović, Ljubomir Ivanović, Ivan Radović). Was member of the Desetorica/'The Ten' Group. For many years held the post of the director of the Matica Srpska Gallery, and worked as professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He was one of the founders of art colonies in Vojvodina. In addition to painting, he also pursued graphics and drawing. Was member of Vojvodina's Academy of Sciences and Arts - VANU.
Exhibited at many group exhibitions in the country and abroad (Sofia, Capetown, Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Ottawa, Montreal, Venice, Milan, Roma, Tokyo, Osaka, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Brussels, Athens, Rio de Janeiro, Alexandria, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, Düsseldorf, Budapest, Karakas, Edinburgh, Leads, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff, Colombo, Krayova, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Timisoara, Modena, Wroclaw, Paris…)
Individual exhibitions : Novi Sad (10), Belgrade (8), Zagreb (3), Ljubljana (2), Sarajevo, Skopje, Paris, Ruma (3), Šabac, Pančevo, Sombor (2), Subotica (2), Sremska Mitrovica (2), Senta, Zrenjanin, Sivac…
Awards: Award of Dr. Đurica Đorđević Fund, Belgrade (1940); Government Award of People's Republic of Serbia for drawing, Belgrade (1949); Award of the Executive Council of AP Vojvodina for portfolio of drawings “From the Country”, Novi Sad (1950); Award from Art Colony Ečka for graphic art, Ečka (1961); 3rd prize for drawing at 1st Triennial of Yugoslav Drawing, Sombor (1963); 2nd prize at the exhibition "Yugoslav Watercolour", Sombor (1964);Visual Arts Award “Form”, Novi Sad (1965); Award for Painting at 7th October Salon, Belgrade (1966); Special Recognition from the Jury at the 1st Zagreb Exhibition of Yugoslav Drawing, Zagreb (1968); Award of Politika Newspaper & Publishing Co. and Award of  Belgrade Culture Centre at 12th October Salon, Belgrade (1971); The 7th-of-July Award, Belgrade (1975); Award of JAZU Preisedency at 5th Triennial of Yugoslav Drawing, Sombor (1975); Award of Banja Luka Culture Fund at 7th Autumn and 2nd International Salon, Banja Luka (1975); Vojvodina Liberation Award, Novi Sad (1978); Award at 1st Biennial of Yugoslav Watercolour, Karlovac (1979); Award for Painting at 9th Novi Sad  Salon, Novi Sad (1982) and AVNOJ Award, Belgrade (1984).
Luminous Core and Its Accompaniment, pastel, 66.5x82, 1981-82

 

27. A sand-clock, fixed to the main mast – he had to turn it upside down each eight hours – had stopped; sand had stopped, frozen, and  sand grains, caught in the moment of flow, were creating a thin line connecting sand from the upper and the lower part. 28. He was not even terrified, and that is what wondered him the most – if his lethargy could boast of such a strong feeling at all – as if such things happened to him everyday. He was crucified between the Heaven and the Earth, in the state of absolute stillness of everything, like in a tri-dimensional image that reproduces nature realistically, in proportion 1:1.