18.08.2014
Expert guidance through the exhibition "Danica Jovanovic (1886-1914)"
Today, at the Grand Gallery of the Central Military Club, an expert guidance was organized for the art exhibition “Danica Jovanovic (1886-1914)”, which was realized by Odbrana Media Center in cooperation with the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection and the Matica Srpska Gallery from Novi Sad, in the waiting of the marking of the centenary of the beginning of the First World War.On this occasion, the gathered news reporters were informed about the exhibition that will be ceremonially opened on Wednesday, August 20, at 20.00 by the author of the exhibition Jasna Jovanov, PhD, Director of the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, Danilo Vuksanovic, MA, Conservator of the Matica Srpska Gallery from Novi Sad.
The Belgrade public will have the opportunity to see for the first time the opus of one of the most significant Serbian painters from the beginning of the 20th century, and her unusual life, in 75 expositions, 58 of which are paintings. The organization of the exhibition was also supported by the National Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Historical Museum of Serbia and independent collectors.
Academic painter Danica Jovanovic (January 4, 1886 – September 12, 1914) belongs to a generation of female artists that gained their education at the women’s class of the Arts & Craftsmanship School in Belgrade, taught by Beta Vukanovic. She continued her education in Munich, where she graduated in 1914 at the Women’s Art Academy. She was shot with a group of hostages from Beska, after the imposing of martial law, on September 12, 1914, in Petrovaradin.The exhibition will be followed by a diverse program, including children’s workshops (on Saturdays, from 13.00), lectures and film projections (on Saturdays, from 14.00) and expert guidance through the exhibition on Thursdays, from 17.00.
The exhibition will be opened until September 20, 2014, on weekdays and Saturdays, 11.00 – 19.00.
