The Podrinje’s Greats

The most important work of the painter Stevan Čalić is the painting “The Podrinje’s Greats” from 1937 Čalić was born in Kupinovo in 1892 After graduating from the Zemun Gymnasium, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. After completing his education in 1925, he was appointed art professor...

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  • The most important work of the painter Stevan Čalić is the painting “The Podrinje’s Greats” from 1937
  • Čalić was born in Kupinovo in 1892
  • After graduating from the Zemun Gymnasium, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. After completing his education in 1925, he was appointed art professor at the Grammar school in Šabac
  • Čalić’s painting opus encompasses around 250 paintings, aquarelles, drawings and pastels, as well as 110 icons