Petar Ubavkić
Peter Ubavkić (12 April 1852 – 28 June 1910) was a Serbian sculptor and painter, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Petar Ubavkić
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- Name
- Petar Ubavkić
- Born
- 12 April 1852
- Birthplace
- Belgrade, Principality of Serbia
- Died
- 28 June 1910
- Place of death
- Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
- Field
- Sculpture
- Training
- Vienna, Munich
- Nationality
- Serbia
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Movements
- French Realism
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Munich
- Languages
- Serbian
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Peter Ubavkić (12 April 1852 – 28 June 1910) was a Serbian sculptor and painter, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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1. The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 . 2./3. Musée Fabre, Official gallery link ( French , click UK flag
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• Name — Petar Ubavkić • Born — 12 April 1852 • Birthplace — Belgrade, Principality of Serbia • Died — 28 June 1910 • Place of death — Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia • Field — Sculpture • Training — Vienna, Munich
Biography
Biography
He was born in Belgrade on 12 April 1852. After completing high school (gymnasium), he received a state scholarship, and in 1866 he also studied iconography with an itinerant Italian artist, then living in Belgrade. He pursued his studies in art in Pančevo. In 1873 he went to Vienna to study sculpture. Owing to poor health, he returned to Belgrade. Upon receiving a new state scholarship he resumed his studies at the prestigious Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich in 1874. According to some, he is considered one of the originators of 19th-century Serbian sculpture along with neo-classicist Dimitrije Petrović (1799-1852). He has made numerous public monuments, among his best known works are busts of Vuk Karadžić, Prince Miloš and Đura Daničić. Petar Ubavkić died in Belgrade on Vidovdan, 28 June 1910 and was buried in the New Cemetery.
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• Illustration — Bust of Jovan Gavrilović, 1893 • Illustration — Bust of Alexander I of Serbia, 1895 • Illustration — Bust of Đura Jakšić, 1896 • Illustration — Takovo uprising, 1900 • Illustration — Bust of Branislava Simić, 1904 • Illustration — Bust of Đura Daničić
"Takovо Uprising", a sculpture by Petar Ubavkić made for the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Installed in Belgrade in 2004.
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"Takovо Uprising", a sculpture by Petar Ubavkić made for the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Installed in Belgrade in 2004.
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1852
Petar Ubavkić was born on 12 April 1852.
1910
Petar Ubavkić died on 28 June 1910.
Legacy
Today, Ubavkić is considered the premier Serbian sculptor in an age when art flourished to its maximum. He was indeed the creator of many public monuments at the time of the rule of Prince Miloš Obrenović. Among his most important artistic works realized according to the cannons of realism or even verism, are the many Belgrade monuments executed by Ubavkić, including some in other regions of Serbia, particularly the monument to King Milan Obrenović in the Church of St. Paraskeve in Ćurlina.
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- 1.Petar Ubavkić. tvorac-grada.com.
- 2.Dejan Medaković. Art in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. rastko.rs. Site du Projet Rastko.
- 3.Timeline. narodnimuzej.rs. Site du Musée national de Belgrade.
- 4.(faire défiler la page)
- 5.Petar Ubavkic. findagrave.com.
- 6.Petar Ubavkić. beogradskagroblja.rs.
- 7.Memorijalni kompleks "Takovski grm", Takovo. spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs.
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