Miodrag B. Protić

Miodrag B. Protić
Born Miodrag Protić
10 May 1922
Vrnjačka Banja, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died 20 December 2014
Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality Serbian
Known for painting

Miodrag B. Protić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Б. Протић) (Vrnjačka Banja, 10 May 1922 – Belgrad, 20 December 2014) was one of the most popular Serbian painters of the second half of the 20th century, art critic, theorist and historian of art of the 20th century in Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Biography

Miodrag B. Protić was born in Vrnjačka Banja, on 10 May 1922. He finished elementary school in Vrnjačka Banja and high school in Kruševac. He graduated from University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1950.[1] He studied art in Art School of Mladen Josić in 1943—1944 under Jovan Bijelić and Zora Petrović. Protić gained further education in Paris 1953—1954, in Italy and the United States in 1963. From 1950 to 1959 he worked in the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture when he initiated the establishment of Modern Art Gallery in Belgrade, purchasing artwork from exhibitions and artist studios. He was appointed director of the Modern Art Gallery in 1959. On 20 October 1965, the Modern Art Gallery became the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. Protić, as its founder, continued as its head until he retired in 1980. He began exhibiting in 1946 in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad. His first solo exhibition was in 1956. He was a member of ULUS from 1948. He was a member of artistic groups "The Independent" (1951–1955) and "The December Group" (1955–1960). Beginning in 1952 he published a number of books, papers, essays, and critiques on Serbian and Yugoslav art. He was a regular art critic for "NIN" between 1952 and 1958. He commentated for numerous newspapers and magazines, including "Glas", "Rad", "Politika", "Borba", "Danas", "Delo", "Savremenik", "Književnost", "Letopis Matice srpske", "Književne novine", and "Umetnost". He was a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb from 1966 to 1991. He died on 20 December 2014 in Belgrade [2][3]

Bibliography

Books and monographies

Catalog prefaces (selection)

Medals

References

  1. ↑ Музеј Савремене умјетности
  2. ↑ [Preminuo Miodrag Protić, jedan od osnivača MSUB]
  3. ↑ MSU:Miodrag Protic's work left great mark

Reading

  1. Ješa Denegri, Radmila Matić Miodrag B. Protić, 2002
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