Petar Ubavkić
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Serbia
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n sculptor and painter
Painting
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, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many, including the black marble monument to Kossovo Warriors in Kragujevac
Kragujevac
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Biography
He was born in Belgrade on the 12th of April 1852. After completing high school (gymnasiumGymnasium (school)
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), he received a state scholarship, and in 1866 he also studied iconography
Iconography
Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means "image writing", and comes from the Greek "image" and "to write". A secondary meaning is the painting of icons in the...
with an itinerant Italian artist, then living in Belgrade. He pursued his studies in art in Pančevo
Pancevo
Pančevo is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2002, the city had a total population of 77,087, while municipality of Pančevo had 127,162 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat...
. In 1873 he went to Vienna
Vienna
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to study sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
. Owing to poor health, he returned to Belgrade. Upon receiving a new state scholarship he resumed his studies at the prestigious Kunstgewerbeschule
Kunstgewerbeschule
A Kunstgewerbeschule was the old name for an advanced school of applied arts in German-speaking countries. The first such schools were opened in Kassel in 1867 and Berlin and Munich in 1868 with other German towns following. They are now merged into universities....
in Munich
Munich
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in 1874.
According to some, he is considered the originator of Serbian sculpture . He has made numerous public monuments, among his best known works are busts of Vuk Karadžić, Prince Miloš
Miloš Obrenovic I, Prince of Serbia
Miloš Obrenović was Prince of Serbia from 1815 to 1839, and again from 1858 to 1860. He participated in the First Serbian Uprising, led Serbs in the Second Serbian Uprising, and founded the House of Obrenović...
and Đura Daničić.
Petar Ubavkić died in Belgrade on Vidovdan
Vidovdan
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, 28 June 1910 and was buried in the New Cemetery
Novo groblje
Novo groblje is a cemetery complex in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Ruzveltova street in Zvezdara municipality. The cemetery was built in 1886 as the third Christian cemetery in Belgrade. The newly developed cemetery in that period had no chapel or church...
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