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Paja Jovanović

1859 - 1957

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Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Јовановић; IPA: [pâʋlɛ pǎːja jɔʋǎːnɔʋit͡ɕ]; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian realist painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: The Wounded Montenegrin (1882), Decorating of the Bride (1886), The Takovo Uprising (1894), Migration of the Serbs (1896) and The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex (1900). As one of the best European painters of oriental scenes, Paja at the end of the 19th century turned to painting historical events of Serbian history. Paja was also the premier portraitist of Europe after 1905. He painted the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria 15 times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paja Jovanović is the 1,189th most popular painter (down from 872nd in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Serbian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paja Jovanović ranks 1,189 out of 2,023. Before him are Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Ambrosius Holbein, Antiphilus, Jan Rustem, Douris, and Robert Peake the Elder. After him are Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Eugen Dücker, Alberto Burri, Mario Minniti, Wang Meng, and Vilmos Aba-Novák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Paja Jovanović ranks 75. Before him are Gustave Kahn, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Otto Hölder, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Anna Palm de Rosa, and Aurel Stodola. After him are Jacques Loeb, Kostis Palamas, Louis Majorelle, Kosta Khetagurov, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Georgios Orphanidis. Among people deceased in 1957, Paja Jovanović ranks 119. Before him are Maurice McLoughlin, Bertha Krupp, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Avetik Isahakyan. After him are Josephine Hull, Oldřich Duras, Charles Pathé, Georges Hébert, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Abolqasem Lahouti.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 169 out of 661. Before him are Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia (1447), Uroš Predić (1857), Petar of Serbia (870), Ljubiša Broćić (1911), Laza Kostić (1841), and Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951). After him are Slavoljub Muslin (1953), Josip Kuže (1952), Stojan Protić (1857), Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950), Sylvester Levay (1945), and Željko Joksimović (1972).

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Among PAINTERS In Serbia

Among painters born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 5. Before him are Nadežda Petrović (1873), Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909), Mór Than (1828), and Uroš Predić (1857). After him are Olja Ivanjicki (1931).

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