Vasa Ostojić or Vasilije Ostojić (Serbian Cyrillic: Васа/Василије Остојић; 1730–1791) was a Serbian Baroque painter of icons and frescoes.[1][2]

Vasa Ostojić
Born1730
Died1791 (aged 60–61)
NationalitySerbian
Known forPainting

Life edit

Ostojić was born in Sremski Karlovci, Archduchy of Austria in 1730.

He worked on churches in Sremski Karlovci with monk-painter Amvrosije Janković.[3][4][5][6] He was once Dimitrije Bačević's pupil and assistant.[7]

His best-known works are the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Assumption (Uspenska crkva) in Novi Sad,[8] St. Nicholas in Irig and Neradin (1760), then the iconostasis in the Orthodox church in Voganj and the iconostasis in the monastery church of Rakovac,[9] the iconostasis of the Church of Saint Demetrius in Buda (lost in the Great Tabán Fire of 1810), and arguably the most important one, the iconostasis in the Annunciation Church in Szentendre.[10]

Ostojić was under the influences of Russian and Ukrainian Baroque masters.[11][12]

Later in life, he was ennobled for his artistic achievements.[2][13]

Ostojić died in Novi Sad, Archduchy of Austria in 1791.

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References edit

  1. ^ Yugoslav Illustrated Magazine. Jugoslovenska Revija. 1982.
  2. ^ a b "Treća šetnja Novosadskim ulicama / Third walk through the streets of Novi Sad". August 8, 2016.
  3. ^ Тимотијевић, Мирослав (July 27, 1996). "Српско барокно сликарство". Матица српска Оделење за ликовне уметности – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Deliso, Christopher (December 30, 2008). Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313344374 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Davidov, Dinko (1990). Споменици будимске епархије (in Serbian). Просвета. ISBN 9788607004805.
  6. ^ "THE GALLERY OF MATICA SRPSKA - Novi Sad". Vojvodina.travel. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  7. ^ Иконе Срема. 2007. ISBN 9788690665525.
  8. ^ Tomašević, Nebojša (July 27, 1982). "Treasures of Yugoslavia: An Encyclopedic Touring Guide". Yugoslaviapublic – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Rakovac Monastery | Serbian Audio guide - Tourist Organization of Srbia". www.tos.org.rs.
  10. ^ "Eparchy of Buda". August 30, 2018 – via Wikipedia.
  11. ^ Srejović, Dragoslav; Ćelić, Stojan (1990). "Fruškogorski manastiri".
  12. ^ Lipoglavšek, Marjana (July 27, 1985). "Barok". Jugoslavija – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Ficker, Friedbert (1993). "Medakovic, Dejan: Serbischer Barock. Sakrale Kunst im Donauraum (Book Review)". Südost Forschungen. 52: 407–410. ProQuest 1306683147.