Teodor Ilić Češljar
Teodor Ilić Češljar (
Biography
Češljar was born in 1746 in
According to quotes from Teodor Ilić Češljar biographies,[2] he was a great colorist and exceptionally inventive in composure. He didn't always paint in the style of baroque. He, as his coeval, leaned to softer and more gentle colors, silky facture glaze painting just like French masters of Rococo. There is no accurate information about all of the portraits painted by Teodor Ilić Češljar, but it is certain that his works include portraits of bishop Pavle Avakumović (1789),[3] portrait of an unknown priest (National Museum of Serbia), portrait of Josif Jovanović Šakabenta (1787, Museum of Vršac)[4] and large number of ecclesiastical portraits. On these portraits, Češljar proved to be a master of drawing and also a subtle and aesthetic colorist as he did with icons.
His famous painting of Saint Barbara Anguish (1785) was drawn for Bishop of
A street in Kikinda is named after him.[5]
Works
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Bishop Stefan Avakumović, cca 1790, National Museum of Serbia
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Josif Jovanović, Bishop of Vršac, 1787, Vršac City Museum
See also
References
- ^ Stanojević, Stanoje (1928). Narodna enciklopedija srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka II knjiga I-M. Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Timotijević, Miroslav; Golubović, Biljana; Bekić, Tomislav; Šelmić, Leposava (1989). Teodor Ilić Češljar: (1746-1793). Galerija Matice srpske.
- ^ Popović, Ljubiša B.; Skovran, Anika; Ambrozić, Katarina (1984). Art heritage of Serbia (in Russian). Narodni muzej--Beograd.
- ^ Davidov, Dinko; Stanić, Radomir; Timotijević, Miroslav (1992). War Damage Sustained by Orthodox Churches in Serbian Areas of Croatia in 1991. Ministry of Information of the Republic of Serbia.
- ^ Ilijašev, Biserka (2002). Кикинда : векови пролазе - град остаје : 250 година урбанистичког и градитељског развоја. Kikinda: Istorijski arhiv.