Nadežda Petrović

Nadežda Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Надежда Петровић) (Čačak, Kingdom of Serbia, 1873 — Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbia, 1915) is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century. She was also known as Serbia's most famous Fauvist. In 1884 her family moved from Čačak to Belgrade, where Nadežda finishes the Women's school of higher education in 1891. From 1892 to 1897 she studied drawing, and in 1898 she st... more

Nadežda Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Надежда Петровић) (Čačak, Kingdom of Serbia, 1873 — Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbia, 1915) is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century. She was also known as Serbia's most famous Fauvist. In 1884 her family moved from Čačak to Belgrade, where Nadežda finishes the Women's school of higher education in 1891. From 1892 to 1897 she studied drawing, and in 1898 she started studying art in Münich, Germany in the private school of Anton Ažbe. Her first individual exhibit took place in 1900 in Belgrade. Her contributions were essential in organizing the First Yugoslav Art Exhibit, and the First Yugoslav Art Colony. Between 1901 and 1912 she exhibited her work in Ljubljana, Paris, Zagreb, and Rome. In 1912 she opened her own teaching studio and participated in the Fourth Yugoslav Art Exhibit. The studio was sadly short-lived, as Nadežda volunteers in 1914 as a nurse in World War I. She died with many other... less