20/07/2020
‘𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐨, 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 ...’
Milan Konjović
𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐯𝐢ć (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Коњовић, 28 January 1898, Sombor, Austrian Empire – 20 October 1993, Sombor, Yugoslavia) was a prominent Serbian painter. He studied in many countries abroad and lived in Paris from 1924 to 1932. His long life's work earned him many recognitions as well as a place in the ‘Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts’ (SANU).
By the end of 1990 Konjović had produced about thirty new works, completing the impressive opus of about 6000 oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, temperas, drawings, tapestries, stage sets, costume sketches, stained glass windows, mosaics, and graphics. In his life, Konjović had 297 one-man and 700 group exhibitions in the country and abroad, in such notable locations as Prague, New York, London, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Rome, Modena, Athens, Paris, and Moscow.
Konjović became aware of his own artistic worth very early and always maintained high prices of his paintings, but he also donated them with joyful generosity.
Milan Konjovic is described as Serbian greatest colourist.
His legacy is best represented in his hometown of Sombor where the ‘Milan Konjović’ Gallery, opened on 10 September 1966, holds about 1060 selected works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Konjovi%C4%87
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Serbia/Milan-Konjovic-painting-is-a-miracle-143146
http://sombor-blog.de/milan-konjovic-caught-the-colours-of-vojvodina/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIwbvVakosw
