Paja Jovanović
Paja Jovanović was an Austrian painter (1859–1957). He was born in Vršac and died in Vienna.
Also recorded as Pavle Jovanovic · Raja Jovanovic · Paul Joanovitch · Paul Joanowitsch
Milan Jovanović (1863–1944) · Blic · Public domain
Identity and origins
Paja Jovanović studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is Serbian.
The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna and Munich. Residence is recorded at Vršac.
Works named in the authority record are The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex and Migration of the Serbs.
Work by Paja Jovanović is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, National Gallery of Victoria, Vršac City Museum, National Museum of Serbia and Belgrade City Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Pavle Jovanovic, Raja Jovanovic, Paul Joanovitch, Paul Joanowitsch and Paul Joanowitch. His recorded language was Serbian.
Career and activity
Paja Jovanović worked in painting. His work is associated with realism.
He belonged to Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Serbian Learned Society. He worked at Vienna, Munich and Vršac.
Paja Jovanović (1859-1957)
Milan Jovanović
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Life and career
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1859
Paja Jovanović born at Vršac.
1882
The Wounded Montenegrin (Matica srpska).
1896
Migration of the Serbs.
1900
The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex (National Museum of Serbia).
1923
Queen Maria of Yugoslavia (1900-1961) (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
1957
Paja Jovanović died at Vienna.
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- Vienna
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Vršac
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Catalogued works
Their recorded dates run from 1880 to 1923. The first 12 are listed here.
The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex
1900 · National Museum of Serbia
Queen Maria of Yugoslavia (1900-1961)
1923 · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
A Montenegrin
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The traitor
National Gallery of Victoria
Migration of the Serbs
1896
The Wounded Montenegrin
1882 · Matica srpska
Takovo Uprising
1894 · National Museum of Serbia
Decorating of the Bride
1885 · National Museum of Serbia
Vršac triptych
1895 · Vršac City Museum
Her Debut
National Gallery of Modern Art
Greek Soldiers with a Woman Traitor
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
A Resting Bashi-Bazouk
1880 · Belgrade City Museum
Literature
Literature
Orientalist painting of Paja Jovanović in the context of postcolonial discourse, Bastina, 2022. Orientalism through the Balkan Lens of Paja Jovanović, Serbian Studies: Journal of the North American Society for Serbian Studies, 2011. Jovanović and the Imaging of War and Peace, Serbian Studies: Journal of the North American Society for Serbian Studies, 2008.
Jovanović, Paja, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, 2015
The Roles of Jovan Skerlić, Steven Mokranjac, and Paja Jovanović in Serbian Cultural History, 1900-1914, Slavic Review, 1988
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