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Djordje Andreevich-Kun (Serbian: Ђorђе Andreevichћ-Kun)
Serbian and Yugoslav painter, graphic artist, heraldicist and medallist. Professor (1945). Full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1958). President of the Yugoslav Federation of Artists.
Djordje Andreevich-Kun was born in German Silesia, Breslau, on March 31, 1904, to a Serbian and a German family. At the very outbreak of the First World War, the family moved to Belgrade. Graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1925. Studied under P. Dobrovic in Belgrade. From 1926 to 1928 he continued his studies in Venice and Rome, from 1928 to 1929 in Paris. He was the founder of the social-critical trend in Serbian art in the 1930s. In 1931 his design for the emblem of the city of Belgrade won first prize in an anonymous competition. Between 1931 and 1932 he had solo exhibitions in Belgrade, Zagreb and Novi Sad. In 1934, Andreevich-Kun visited Moscow and became interested in "socialist realism. In the same year he participated in the creation of the art group of Yugoslav artists "Život" ("Life"). Communist. As part of international brigades took part in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Participated in the national liberation struggle in Yugoslavia (1941-1945). Professor at Belgrade University. President of the Yugoslav Federation of Artists. Andreevich-Kun is the author of ideological and communist easel compositions ("Mother", 1937, the Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade; "Column", 1946, Union Executive Veche, Belgrade), gloomy cycles of engravings and drawings on the themes of workers' lives ("Bloody Gold", woodcut, 1934), anti-fascist struggle ("For Freedom", woodcut, 1937) and partisan everyday life ("Partisans", painting, 1941-45); portraits, images of people from the people. Andreyevich-Kun is credited with the authorship of all coats of arms of Yugoslav socialist republics, such as the State Coat of Arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the new Coat of Arms of Montenegro, as well as many state awards of the SFRY (together with Antun Augustincic), including the Order of National Hero of Yugoslavia, the Order of Partisan Star and the Order of National Hero. Author of more than 300 paintings, including several monumental. About 60 of them are in museums at home and abroad, about the same number belong to public institutions and enterprises, the rest are in private collections. Created about 1,000 drawings, most of which are in museum collections. Among his works are three mosaics, one on the memorial in Ivanjica, one on the facade of a public building in Kragujevac and one in Paris. Awards: Order of Fraternity and Unity with golden wreath; Order of Merit to the Nation; Order of Labor (SFRY); Order "For Bravery" (Yugoslavia); Medal of Partisan Memory. Died on January 17, 1964 in Belgrade.
Serbian and Yugoslav painter, graphic artist, heraldicist and medallist. Professor (1945). Full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1958). President of the Yugoslav Federation of Artists.
Djordje Andreevich-Kun was born in German Silesia, Breslau, on March 31, 1904, to a Serbian and a German family. At the very outbreak of the First World War, the family moved to Belgrade. Graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1925. Studied under P. Dobrovic in Belgrade. From 1926 to 1928 he continued his studies in Venice and Rome, from 1928 to 1929 in Paris. He was the founder of the social-critical trend in Serbian art in the 1930s. In 1931 his design for the emblem of the city of Belgrade won first prize in an anonymous competition. Between 1931 and 1932 he had solo exhibitions in Belgrade, Zagreb and Novi Sad. In 1934, Andreevich-Kun visited Moscow and became interested in "socialist realism. In the same year he participated in the creation of the art group of Yugoslav artists "Život" ("Life"). Communist. As part of international brigades took part in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Participated in the national liberation struggle in Yugoslavia (1941-1945). Professor at Belgrade University. President of the Yugoslav Federation of Artists. Andreevich-Kun is the author of ideological and communist easel compositions ("Mother", 1937, the Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade; "Column", 1946, Union Executive Veche, Belgrade), gloomy cycles of engravings and drawings on the themes of workers' lives ("Bloody Gold", woodcut, 1934), anti-fascist struggle ("For Freedom", woodcut, 1937) and partisan everyday life ("Partisans", painting, 1941-45); portraits, images of people from the people. Andreyevich-Kun is credited with the authorship of all coats of arms of Yugoslav socialist republics, such as the State Coat of Arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the new Coat of Arms of Montenegro, as well as many state awards of the SFRY (together with Antun Augustincic), including the Order of National Hero of Yugoslavia, the Order of Partisan Star and the Order of National Hero. Author of more than 300 paintings, including several monumental. About 60 of them are in museums at home and abroad, about the same number belong to public institutions and enterprises, the rest are in private collections. Created about 1,000 drawings, most of which are in museum collections. Among his works are three mosaics, one on the memorial in Ivanjica, one on the facade of a public building in Kragujevac and one in Paris. Awards: Order of Fraternity and Unity with golden wreath; Order of Merit to the Nation; Order of Labor (SFRY); Order "For Bravery" (Yugoslavia); Medal of Partisan Memory. Died on January 17, 1964 in Belgrade.
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