Marko Čelebonović
Serbian artist (1902-1986)
Marko Čelebonović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Челебоновић; 21 November 1902 – 23 June 1986) was a Serbian painter. Čelebonović was one of the most famous Serbian painters of the 20th century.
Biography
Čelebonović was born in Belgrade. He studied law and economics in England and France. His first public exhibition was in Paris in 1925. Before World War II he resided in Saint Tropez. During the years of war, he was a member of the French Resistance. After the war he returned to Yugoslavia and from 1948 to 1960, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. During this time, he had numerous shows in Paris, Belgrade, Zürich, Geneva, Sarajevo, Skopje and Niš, as well as taking part in a number of collective shows of French painters in France and Italy, and in Yugoslav exhibitions in France, England, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Brazil. In 1963 he was awarded the "7th July" prize for life's work.
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