Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak

Dragutin Inkiostri-Medenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак; 1866–1942) was a Serbian painter,[1] collector of folk ornaments and handicrafts,[2] and is considered the first interior designer in Serbia. In 1912, he was put in charge of designing the interior of the House of Vuk's Foundation.[3][4]

Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak
Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак
Born
Carlo Inkiostri
Карло Инкиостри

(1866-10-18)18 October 1866
Died16 September 1942(1942-09-16) (aged 75)
Known forPainting

He was born in Split as Carlo Inchiostri. After settling down in Belgrade, he changed his name to Dragutin and added his mother's surname. Following studies in Florence, he travelled through Serbia and the rest of Yugoslavia. Inkiostri Medenjak wrote his chief work Moja teorija o dekorativnoj srpskoj umetnosti i njenoj primeni in 1925.

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  1. ^ "Dragutin Inkiostri-Medenjak | Artnet".
  2. ^ Marija Cindori-Šinković (1992). Letopis kulturnog života, 1904-1907: Politika, Pravda. Matica srpska. ISBN 9788670950382. Карло Инкјостро [Драгутин Инкиостри] - Медењак. / Ђ. М. - Политика, 608, стр. 3. Портрст декорационог сликара, скупљача народних орнамената. „Створио српску декоративну орнаментику и нову сецесију у орнамснтици".
  3. ^ Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The cultural treasury of Serbia. ISBN 9788675470397.
  4. ^ "Hidden Belgrade (1): Works of Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak". 16 May 2017.

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