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175 years since the birth of Josif Marinković
Josif Marinković (Vranjevo, Banat, 15 September 1851 – Belgrade, 13 May 1931) was a Serbian composer, choirmaster, conductor of the Belgrade Singing Society and the Academic Singing Society “Obilić” and music educator. During his studies in Prague and Vienna, he advanced his musical education and he was an active participant in the development of musical life in Serbia. Solo songs occupy the most prominent place in his creative output, which he composed to verses by Serbian Romantic poets or based on motifs from folk songs. He is regarded as the founder of the solo song genre in Serbian music. He became a member of the Serbian Learned Society in 1884, an honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1892, and its corresponding member from 1907.
175 years since the birth of Đorđe Krstić
Đorđe Krstić (Stara Kanjiža, 19 April 1851 – Belgrade, 30 October 1907) was a Serbian painter and one of the leading representatives of Realism in Serbian painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich on a scholarship granted by Prince Milan Obrenović (1854–1901). After returning from studies, he travelled throughout Serbia with the aim of recording landscapes and depicting folk life. His works include interiors of traditional houses, medieval churches and monasteries, landscapes, historical monuments, studies of folk costumes, and idealized scenes of everyday life. He also painted several important iconostases. Alongside his artistic work, he taught drawing at several schools in Belgrade. Among his most significant paintings are The Anatomist, The Drowned Woman, Babakaj, and The Fall of Stalać. The largest collection of his works are kept in the collection of the National Museum of Serbia. He became a member of the Serbian Learned Society in 1884 and an honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1892.
Motif on the stamp: Under the Apple Tree (Woman from Gruža with Child) (detail), 1883, oil on canvas; motif on the booklet cover: The Anatomist (The Anthropologist), 1880, oil on canvas – both works are held in the collection of the National Museum of Serbia.
150 years since the birth of Milan Rakić
Milan Rakić (Belgrade, 30 September 1876 – Zagreb, 30 June 1938) was a Serbian writer, poet, diplomat, and academician. He studied in Paris, where he went under the influenced of French Symbolist poets and as a great admirer of French culture. Upon returning to Belgrade, he became a diplomat, serving first the Serbian and later the Yugoslav government. His first poems were published in the literary journal The Serbian Literary Gazette in 1902. followed by three collections of poems – in 1903, 1912, and 1924. He became a corresponding member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1922. and a full member in 1934.
150 years since the birth of Stevan Aleksić
Stevan Aleksić (Arad, 23 December 1876 – Jaša Tomić, 2 November 1923) came from a family of painters and received his first art lessons from his father and later acquired his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The First World War brought him back to his native Banat, where he devoted himself to painting icons, symbolic compositions and portraits, among which numerous self-portraits and popular genre scenes from tavern life stand out. In the history of Serbian art, Aleksić painted the largest number of self-portraits, often composing them as genre scenes with a tavern as the setting, a cheerful company, and an image of death lurking in the background of the painting.
Motif on the stamp: Self-Portrait in a Tavern (detail), c. 1904; motif on the envelope: Self-Portrait with a Cat, 1913; motif on the booklet back cover: Angel of Peace I, 1916. – all three works are held in the collection of the Gallery of Matica Srpska.
100 years since the birth of Danilo Nikolić
Danilo Nikolić (Split, 2 February 1926 – Belgrade, 6 February 2016) was one of the most prominent Serbian prose writers of the second half of the 20th century. He authored several books of short stories, novels, and memoir prose. His best-known short-story collections include Small Messages, Return to Metohija and Aeration of the Ruler. His novels include Closing Time in Grgeteg, The Proofreader and Entry into the World. His works of memoir prose include The Great Empty River, Dust for Gilding and Line for Addition. In recognition of his literary achievements, he received the “Bora Stanković”, “Branko Ćopić” and “Ivo Andrić” awards, the NIN Award, the “Meša Selimović”, “Stevan Pešić” and “Veljkova golubica” awards, and the Golden Cross of Prince Lazar. His novels Queen of Entertainment and Autumn Silk, published in the series “Pearls of World Literature” and “Novels of the 20th Century”, respectively, reached print runs of 50,000 and 100,000 copies.
His legacy, including personal belongings and books from his private library, is preserved at Adligat Association’s Museum of Books and Travels and the Museum of Serbian Literature.
100 years since the birth of Jovan Jovičić
Dr Jovan Jovičić (Vrdnik, 5 July 1925 – Belgrade, 26 September 2013) was a true Renaissance man – a guitarist, composer, educator, scientist and physicist. He gave more than 2,200 concerts worldwide and made a lasting contribution to classical guitar education through his landmark five-volume School for Guitar. He was a full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade. Since 2008, the International Classical Guitar Competition held as part of the Vojvodina Classical Guitar Festival in Novi Sad has proudly bears his name.
The photograph Jovan Jovičić as a Young Man by Stevan Kragujević was used as the background motif for both the stamp and the envelope.
Expert collaboration on the issue: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; National Museum of Serbia; Gallery of Matica Srpska; Association for Culture, Art and International Cooperation “Adligat”; Association of Guitarists of Vojvodina.
Artistic realization of the issue: MA Nadežda Skočajić, academic graphic artist
