Nadežda Petrović

Nadezhda Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Надежда Петровић; born October 12, 1873 in Čačak, † April 3, 1915 in Valjevo ) was a Serbian painter. Their works are attributed to the Expressionism and Fauvism, and sometimes contain already evidence of abstract art. She is pictured on the 200 dinar bill of Serbia.

Life

1884 her family moved from Cacak to Belgrade where Nadezhda 1891 graduated at a secondary school for women. From 1892-97 she studied drawing. The following year, 1898, she began studying art in Munich. Her first solo exhibition, which was also a major stimulus for the first Yugoslav art exhibition and artists' colony, made in 1900 in Belgrade. Between 1901 and 1912 she had several exhibitions in Ljubljana, Paris, Zagreb and Rome. In 1912 she participated in the fourth Yugoslav art exhibition and opened her own studio master. The studio existed but only briefly: in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War, Nadezhda volunteered as a nurse at the front. She died in 1915 how many soldiers from typhoid fever.

Work

The oeuvre of the artist may, in accordance with their various residences are divided into several periods: the Munich period (1898-1903), the Serbian period (1903-1910), the Parisian period (1910-1912) and the War period (1912 -1915 ). It reflects her strong character and courage. Other features of her paintings are the large-scale design and the typical color scheme, which is characterized by the preferred use of a warm red tone and contrasting complementary color green.