Save Šumanovića 10, Šid
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Welcome to the Sava Sumanovic Gallery of Paintings in Sid, a memorial gallery that preserves the legacy of 417 works of art by one of the greatest Serbian painters of the 20th century, Sava Sumanovic
Welcome to the Sava Sumanovic Gallery of Paintings in Sid, a memorial gallery that preserves the legacy of 417 works of art by one of the greatest Serbian painters of the 20th century, Sava Sumanovic
Sava Sumanovic (1896-1942) left 867 works of art in various techniques that have been cataloged. However, it is assumed that this number is much higher He was born on January 22, 1896, in Vinkovci, where his father, Milutin, worked as a manager of the Forestry Department. After his father’s retirement,...
03-01 Sketches for the Drunken Boat painting – Basic information Towards the end of his second stay in Paris, in 1927, Sava Sumanovic painted the famous Drunken Boat. This masterpiece is now kept in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade Sava Sumanovic defines styles, directions, and poetics in these...
During his stay in Paris, Sava Sumanovic was a highly respected and well-known guest of the cult tavern on Montparnasse, Le Dôme, where, even today, there are four of his paintings on one of the pillars He also met Kiki in Le Dôme. Born Alice Prin in Burgundy, Kiki came...
One of Sumanovic’s compositions that heralds the genre paintings of the Sid period is undoubtedly the oil on canvas Young Couple on a Bench in Town, painted in 1928. The painting represents a contemporary urban motif from the streets of Paris
The motifs on these canvases are Parisian streets, the surroundings of Paris, and parks bathed in the light of Srem The color is brighter, and the relationship between color and light is different than in Paris as if Sumanovic was trying to convey a personal experience and memory of Paris
Sava Sumanovic left Paris forever in March 1930 and returned to Sid The untouched landscapes of Srem carried away his painter’s eye. Sumanovic himself explained his landscapes best: “It is the region that dictated my way of painting… that region and its light influenced me in such way that you...
It is an oil on canvas from 1934, a work from the cycle of the same name. The painting shows spring in a Sid garden, an orchard, and magnificent tree crowns in bloom, with a whitewash complete of under painted colors
Sumanovic follows the rhythm of nature and the rhythm of the changing seasons and explores the beauty in the ordinary as if hinting at the need to merge with the idea of eternity
For each season, Sava Sumanovic finds a suitable painting expression The warm color of autumn and the calmer experience of the open space in which the artist moved are the characteristics of Sumanovic’s autumn landscapes.
The snow of Sid, the winter landscape, inspired Sumanovic only after several years spent in Sid as if the artist was not interested in the subject How did Sumanovic paint snow? Let’s look at these three anthology canvases
Along with landscapes, Sava Sumanovic also painted nudes. From 1932 to 1934, he created a series that was later called Brunettes from Paris; it is a series of about thirty nudes based on sketches that Sumanovic drew in Paris Sitting female nude or, as Sumanovic says, In the garden, is...
In 1935, Sava Sumanovic painted a large format with five nudes – By the Little Forest. This painting precedes the Bathers or Women from Sid in its form and style By the Little Forest, an oil on canvas from 1935, shows five female figures on the exterior. All the models...
In the Gallery’s permanent exhibition, you can always see fourteen large formats belonging to the cycle Women from Sid or Bathers. This is only a part of the paintings from this cycle, which is kept in the Gallery
One of the frequent motifs between 1938 and 1942 is work in the vineyard. On the widely laid out vineyards, we recognize people working: spraying the vineyard, picking grapes, and carrying heavy baskets of grapes Towards the end of his life, Sumanovic started working on a new series. We do...
In front of you is the painting Model in the Studio, an oil on canvas from 1939, in which the artist allowed us to peek into his intimate space, the space where he created his works
Kissing under the Moonlight oil on canvas from 1939 stands out from other works because it is the only painting from the Sid period inspired by an emotional relationship between a young man and a girl
During the last decade, Sava Sumanovic painted 600 paintings, of which 219 are landscapes, today part of the Gallery’s art collection In 1928, Sumanovic created the first landscape paintings of Sid’s surroundings – Sremske krajine, or Srem Region. It is a series in which Sumanovic recorded his homeland’s unique atmosphere...
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