Dobrosav Milojević (born in Donje Štiplje near Jagodina in 1948) is a Serbian naïve painter. He lives and works in Donje Štiplje.
Biography The official start of his dealing with the naive art is since 1971, when he was admitted to the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina. Since then, he is its constant member. In the last 40 years, he had a huge number of solo exhibitions in Serbia and around the world. He has a permanent exhibition of paintings in the Museum of Naive Art in Jagodina and his paintings can be seen in many galleries around the world: Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Gallery of Self-taught Artists in Trebnje, the Galleries in Sanski Most, Gallery of International Naïve Art (GINA) in Tel Aviv, Gallery of Naive Art in Kovačica, Gallery of Primitive and Folk Art, San Francisco. He has won several awards and plaques for his work.
Art He was interested in painting since early boyhood. As a child of the village he found inspiration in motifs that are related to village and life in it. While he lived in the city he felt strong nostalgie for the village and happy childhood days. This resulted in many of vividly pictures that depicted a beautiful landscape of mountains around the Crni Vrh (Jagodina), the mountain that marked his life and which he finally returned. Among the many affirmative opinions about his painting, the most important are: former President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr. Dejan Medaković´s opinionSee Dr. Dejan Medaković's opinion on the - and Dobrosav Milojević at the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina (from the Dobrosav Milojević's Catalogue, Museum of Naïve Art, Jagodina, 1997), and Member of Department of Language and Literature of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr. Vojislav J. Đurić's opinionSee Dr. Vojislav J. Đurić's opinion on the - and Dobrosav Milojević at the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina (from speech at the opening of exhibition in Jagodina, 8 December 1993).
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Bibliography "World Encyclopedia of Naïve Art", Oto Bihalji-Merin, 1984, Belgrade, Yugoslavia "Yugoslavian Naïve Painters", 1991, Belgrade "Dobrosav Milojevic", K. Smiljkovic, 1993, ˝Dobrosav Milojevic Biography˝ - Gallery of International Naïve Art (GINA) "Naïve Art in Serbia", Jagodina, Yugoslavia "Naïve Art in Australia, Canada and Europe", Vasa Carapic, 1994, Melbourne "The Key to Making Dreams Come True", Koviljka Smiljkovic, 1999, Novi Sad "Fiction", Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina, 2003, "13th Biennial", Nina Krstic, Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina, Serbia, 2007.
Some of Exhibitions 1973 Gallery of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Club, Belgrade 1974 Protocol Salon if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1974 Caldarese Gallery, Bologna, Italy 1974 International Book Fair, Brussels 1977 Gallery of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Club, Belgrade 1979 Arvil Gallery, Mexico 1980 Gallery of Primitive and Folk Art, San Francisco 1981 Motovun Publishers Group, Motovun 1982 Yugoslav Embassy, Prague 1986 Djura Jaksic's House, Skadarlija Gallery, Belgrade 1988 "3D", Janko Lisjak Gallery, Belgrade 1990 Casino Grand Cercle, Aix-Les-Bains 1991 Lionel Wendt Gallery, Sri Lanka 1991 Speranza Gallery, Belgrade 1993 Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina 1994 Konak Knjeginje Ljubice Museum, Belgrade 1994 Gallery of Naive Art in Kovačica, 1994 Plaza Hotel, Herceg Novi 1997 "Solo Exhibition", City Library, Belgrade 2000 "Solo Exhibition of paintings", Amien 2003 "Dobrosav Milojevic", Galerie de l'Espace Delvaux, Bruxelles 2008 "Guido Vedovato, Dobrosav Milojević", Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Belgrado 2010 "40 years of artistic creation, Exhibition of paintings", Gallery of Naive Art in Kovačica,
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References Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina Monography, Dobrosav Milojević, Publisher: Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina, Serbia 2010. Dobrosav Milojević, Catalogue, Publisher: Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Jagodina, Serbia 1997. ˝Dobrosav Milojevic Biography˝ - Gallery of International Naïve Art (GINA) ˝Ogledalo vizuelne umetnosti˝ -
External links Dobrosav Milojevic’s official website