Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak
Dragutin Inkiostri-Medenjak (Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак; 1866–1942) was a Serbian painter, collector of folk ornaments and handicrafts, and is considered the first interior designer in Serbia. In 1912, he was put in charge of designing the interior of the House of Vuk's Foundation. He was born in Split as Carlo Inchiostri.
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Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak
Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak · i. jugoslavenski svesokolski slet u ljubljani 12. - 15. VIII 1922 g - "BIJELI ORAO" Dragutin Inkiostri-Midenjak. dopisnica. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved on 2015-08-03. · Public domain
- Name
- Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак
- Birth Name
- Carlo Inkiostri Карло Инкиостри
- Born
- 18 October 1866
- Birthplace
- Split, Austrian Empire
- Died
- 16 September 1942
- Place of death
- Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
- Field
- Painting
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting · decorative art
- Languages
- Serbian
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Dragutin Inkiostri-Medenjak (Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак; 1866–1942) was a Serbian painter, collector of folk ornaments and handicrafts, and is considered the first interior designer in Serbia. In 1912, he was put in charge of designing the interior of the House of Vuk's Foundation. He was born in Split as Carlo Inchiostri.
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After settling down in Belgrade, he changed his name to Dragutin and added his mother's surname. Following studies in Florence, he travelled through Serbia and the rest of Yugoslavia. Inchiostri Medenjak wrote his chief work Moja teorija o dekorativnoj srpskoj umetnosti i njenoj primeni in 1925.
Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak (1866-1942) - Osvećeno Kosovo, 1914
Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak (1866-1942) · Madl'Art web portal, Belgrade
I. Jugoslovanski vsesokolski zlet v Ljubljani; dim.: 32 x 50 cm.
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• Name — Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак • Birth Name — Carlo Inkiostri Карло Инкиостри • Born — 18 October 1866 • Birthplace — Split, Austrian Empire • Died — 16 September 1942 • Place of death — Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia • Field — Painting
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• Illustration — Orao i gusle ("Eagle and Gusle"), 1912 • Illustration — Osvećeno Kosovo ("Sanctified Kosovo"), 1914. Privatno vlasništvo. Umetnička zbirka porodice Popović, Novi Sad. • Illustration — Bijeli Orao ("White Eagle"), 1922 • Illustration — I. Jugoslovanski vsesokolski zlet v Ljubljani ("First Yugoslav all-Sokol slet in Ljubljana"), 1922 • Illustration — "Jadranska straža" (Adriatic guard), 1930 • Illustration — Jugoslavija na Jadranu ("Yugoslavia at the Adriatic"), 1935
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