Đura Jakšić

Đura Jakšić ( Serbian Cyrillic Ђура Јакшић; born July 27, 1832 in Srpska Crnja, † November 16, 1878 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian poet and painter of the Romantic period.

He attended primary school and Secondary school in Timişoara (now Romania) and Szeged ( Hungary today ). Jakšić studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Munich.

Works

Painting

• Djevojka u plava
• Smrt Karađorđeva

Dramas

• Seoba Srbalja, 1862
• Jelisaveta, 1868
• Stanoje Glavaš, 1878