Stojan Aralica

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Stojan Aralica (24 December 1883 – 4 February 1980) was a Serbian Impressionist painter and academic.

Stojan Aralica a lăsat un gând

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Biography Stojan Aralica was born in Škare, Lika, and his life can be followed through his studies in Munich (1909–1914), a brief stay in Prague, advanced studies in École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then period in Zagreb and his final move to Belgrade in 1941. He remained in Belgrade for the rest of his life, with the exception of his stay in Stockholm from 1946 to 1948. In the same way, as we can differentiate between the stages of his life, we can distinguish four clearly distinct periods in his painting opus: the Munich, Prague, Paris, Zagreb, and Belgrade periods. During his education in Munich portraits and nudes prevailed thematically, and were in a form close to academism and the late echoes of the Secession. The brief domination of form over color (1922–1925) was replaced by a period of artistic maturing, beginning with his arrival in Paris (1926). Joining the active local artistic mainstream, he turned away from the decorative and towards pursuing a purely visual interest. His formerly emphasized full-volume form was slowly disintegrating into colored surfaces. This significant turning point began with small nudes and still lifes painted in the studio of André Lhote, and the…Citește mai mult