Milan Milovanović

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Milan Milovanović. Self-portrait 1907

Milan Milovanović (born October 19, 1876 in Kruševac , † August 15, 1946 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian painter .

Life

Artistic beginnings

After attending elementary school and high school in Kruševac, Milovanović went to Belgrade in 1895 to learn painting at Kiril Kutlika at the arts and crafts school .

Studied in Munich, 1896–1902

After a year of training, he left Belgrade to continue studying in Munich in 1896, initially with Anton Ažbe . In 1898 he moved to the academy, namely the nature class with Karl Raupp . He later studied with Ludwig von Herterich and Carl von Marr .

Studied in Paris, 1902–1906

In 1902 Milovanović continued his education in Paris. First he attended the private Académie Colarossi there . In autumn 1902 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts , where Léon Bonnat and Luc-Olivier Merson were his teachers. In 1906 he returned to Belgrade. For several years he painted neo-impressionistically in clearly articulated points in line with the French . Nevertheless, various works by Henri Matisse in Paris must have made a lasting impression on him. This is made clear by his painting "Red Pergoloa" from 1907 in the Belgrade National Museum . It can be compared very well with the Matisse open window . He attempted to add two-dimensional, almost graphic elements to his previous style of painting. But while Matisse found new possibilities by combining the two styles, Neo-Impressionism and Cloisonism , Milovanović actually remained loyal to Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism all his life . It should be added, however, that he repeatedly came back to the synthesis of both painting styles. Even Hans Purrmann , the 1905 Salon d'Automne had visited, was fascinated, as change of Malstiles occurred from Matisse. The picture “Open window in Collioure” was given special mention by him: “Painted with wide patches without giving the impression of neo-impressionist technique, with colors almost purely taken from the tubes, which, however, no longer had the material appearance, and which were rather mild in color Provoke light from the whole canvas. ”In Wassily Kandinsky's work , too, there are paintings - albeit two years later - that, like Milovanović's “ Red Pergoloa ”, reflect the simultaneous engagement with neo-impressionism and cloisonnism. However, within Kandinsky's entire oeuvre , pictures such as the “Interieur” from 1909 are to be regarded as solitary experiments without any particular significance for his later development.

Preservation duties, 1907–1910

On an official assignment, Milovanović toured southern Serbia, Macedonia and Mount Athos between 1907 and 1910 to examine medieval Orthodox churches and their frescoes so that they could be looked after as cultural monuments . In addition, as a painter he devoted himself to striking motifs in the respective area, e.g. B. the landmark of the Macedonian capital Skopje , the famous bridge that crosses the Vardar . It is dedicated to Tsar Dušan . Milovanović's painting is in the Belgrade National Museum . "1908-33 he worked as a drawing teacher at art schools" and painted cityscapes of Belgrade and landscapes in the vicinity of the capital, e. B. the striking mountain Avala .

During World War I, 1914–1918

During the First World War, Milovanović was employed in the Serbian army as a war painter and had to document war events in pictures. In addition, many soldiers and officers had him portray them. In 1915 he fell seriously ill and was sent to Italy to recover. During this time he painted landscapes in the hilly surroundings of Rome , in the Bay of Naples , on Capri , in southern France in Aix-en-Provence , on the Côte d'Azur , in Nice and in Beaulieu .

After the First World War

After World War Milovanovic 1920 started in Dubrovnik or in the monastery Savina again with the open-air painting . Several times he dealt with the restoration of frescoes and iconostases . He also wrote art reviews on various occasions . Over the years he withdrew from art life. Milovanović was married to the daughter Olga of the Serbian Field Marshal Živojin Mišić .

Solo exhibitions

  • 1906 in Belgrade
  • 1908 in Belgrade
  • 1917 in Rome
  • 1920 in Belgrade

literature

  • Katharina Ambrozić: Ažbetova šola in srbski slikarji , in: Anton Ažbe in njegova Sola, Ljubljana 1962, pp. 19–30
  • Vera Ristić: Milan Milanović, 1876–1946 , National Museum Belgrade, 1986, p. 5 ff

Web links

Commons : Milan Milovanović  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JJ, Milovanović, Milan, in exh. Cat .: Paths to Modernism and the Ažbe School in Munich, Museum Wiesbaden 1988, p. 124 f
  2. ↑ Bernd Fäthke, Jawlensky and his companions in a new light, Munich 2004, Fig. 92, p. 86
  3. ^ Hans Purrmann, About Henri Matisse, Frankfurt / Hamburg 1960, p. 124 f
  4. ^ Hans Konrad Roethel and Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalog raisonné of oil paintings 1900–1915, Vol. I, London 1982, No. 266, p. 253
  5. ↑ Bernd Fäthke, In the Vorfeld des Expressionismus, Anton Ažbe and painting in Munich and Paris, Wiesbaden 1988, p. 25
  6. ↑ JJ, Milovanović, Milan, in exh. Cat .: Paths to Modernism and the Ažbe School in Munich, Museum Wiesbaden 1988, p. 124 f
personal data
SURNAME Milovanović, Milan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Kruševac
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1946
Place of death Belgrade