Stevan "Steva" Todorović
Born1832
Novi Sad, Austria-Hungary
Died1925
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
MovementRomanticism, later Academism

Stevan "Steva" Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван-Стева Тодоровић; Novi Sad, 1832–Belgrade, 1925) was a Serbian painter and the founder of modern fencing and Sokol movement in Yugoslavia.[1][2]

Biography

Todorović was born in Novi Sad and died in Belgrade.[3] He was a correspondent and war painter for a number of domestic and foreign newspapers during the Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878), and became known as the founder of war painting in Serbia. From the Balkan Wars, and later World War I, this was no longer an individual occupation but a task subject to state and military regulations.

Todorović was close to the Obrenović royal house. He made portraits of almost all members of the royal family, including Natalie of Serbia; his portrait of her helped in making her the "Serbian Mona Lisa".[4]

He exhibited his artworks as a part of Kingdom of Serbia's pavilion at International Exhibition of Art of 1911.[5]

In the course of his long life he created art under various visual poetics, chiefly Romanticism[6] to Academicism.[3] His best works were carried out in the Romantic spirit.[3] His extensive artistic legacy consists of portraits, religious and historical paintings, landscapes, and numerous studies and drawings.[3] Much of his artistic activities is related to Serbia and Belgrade in which cultural and social life he actively participated.[3] He opened the first art school in Belgrade where youngsters learned drawing, singing, fencing, and gymnastic exercises.[3] Owing to a long life and extraordinary tenacity and hard work he managed to create a rich painting opus.

Also, Stevan Todorović's work can be found in the collection of Milan Jovanović Stojimirović who bequeathed a large number of paintings, sketches, and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MAČEVANJE U BEOGRADU". www.macevanje.org. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ↑ istoriju, MK Fondacija Srpski Legat. "Rođen je slikar i akademik Stevan Todorović".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galerija Matice srpske.
  4. ↑ Hadži-Minić, Katarina (2019-04-17). "Ko je bila 'Srpska Mona Liza'? Lepa i tragična srpska kraljica Natalija Obrenović". Pokazivač (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  5. ↑ Elezović, Zvezdana (2009). "Kosovske teme paviljona Kraljevine Srbije na međunarodnoj izložbi u Rimu 1911. godine". Baština. 27.
  6. ↑ "Arte - Stevan Todorović - Biografija". www.arte.rs. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  7. ↑ The Legacy of Milan Jovanovic Stojimirovic in the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo.

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