Milena Pavlović-Barili
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Madonna by Milena Pavlović-Barili |
Milena Pavlović-Barili (
1909-
1945) (Милена Павловић-Барили) was a
Serbian painter and poet, born on
November 5,
1909 in
Požarevac,
Serbia, and died on
March 6,
1945 in
New York City, state of
New York,
United States of America. Her father was an influential merchant and composer, her mother studied art. She studied at the
Royal school of arts in
Belgrade,
Serbia, but was influenced by many western schools and artists. The topics of her work varied from portraits to imaginative interpretations of biblical stories. The motives often included dream-like situations, veils, angels, statues of
Venus goddess, and Harlequins. Many of her works are parts of permanent exhibitions in
Rome,
New York Belgrade Museum of Modern Art, and her hometown of
Požarevac, where the house in which she was born has been converted into a museum in her honor.
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