Kosta Milicevic

Place: Vraka

Born: 1877

Death: 1920

Biography:

Kosta Miličević (Serbian Cyrillic: Коста Миличевић; 3 June 1877 – 12 February 1920) was a Serbian Impressionist painter, known mostly for his landscapes. He was born in Vraka, Skadar, Albania, to a clerical family, with a history of service in the priesthood. He studied painting in Belgrade, Prague, Vienna, and Munich. In 1910, he became a member of Lada, an art association. He painted in the Academic style, then was attracted to Art Nouveau. After becoming acquainted with the works of Nadežda Petrović and Milan Milovanović, he sought to create a more personal style. He finally settled on a free, Impressionistic approach, brought to fruition during a stay at an artists' colony in Savinac (now part of Belgrade). His first success came at the Fourth Yugoslav Art Exhibition of 1912. He served as a soldier in World War I, then became an official War Painter for the Supreme Command in Corfu. Only five paintings are known to have survived from this period. After the war, he taught evening classes at the Vukanovic's arts and crafts school. His early death was probably due to tuberculosis.