one of the paintings in the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection: ‘Motif from Ulcinj’ (1936), by Petar Lubarda
In 1957 Pavle Beljanski, a Serbian diplomat and art collector, donated his collection of works by Yugoslav – mostly Serbian – artists to the government of Vojvodina, the semi-autonomous province in Serbia. The collection is probably the most complete in terms of Serbian paintings of the first half of the 20th C. The museum that houses the collection was purpose-built, and opened in 1961, in Novi Sad.
an impression of one of the rooms in the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection museum
Absolutely worth a detour. Although in some instances the influence of Western European painters is quite obvious, there is enough of the local scene to enjoy, making the bulk of the collection distinctly Serbian.
As so often, a few examples:
and one of the paintings in that room: ‘Winter in Srem’ (1933) by Sava Sumanovic
hard to recognise, but this is ‘View of Belgrade’ (1920) by Kosta Milicevic
and this must also have changed: ‘Belgrade Suburb’ (1908), by Nadezda Petrovic
another painting by Sava Sumanovic, ‘Autumn’ (1929)
already known to us, Milan Konjovic: ‘Harvest’ (1938)
Kosta Hakman: ‘Landscape under Snow’ (1924)
also Jovan Bijelic: ‘Painter’ (1932)
and comparable subject matter, ‘In the Studio’ (1936) by Milo Milunovic
Jovan Bijelic: ‘Motif from Bosnia’ (1928)
also Milan Konjovic, ‘Ruined Church in Ledinci’ (1947)
Ivan Radovic: ‘Peasants with Horses’ (1946)
Predrag Peda Milosavljevic: ‘Road to Glory’ (1952/53)
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