Lazar Ličenoski

Lazar Ličenoski (Macedonian: Лазар Личеноски; 26 March 1901 in Galicnik – 10 April 1964 in Skopje) was one of the first Macedonian expressionist painters and one of the most authentic painters of landscape, in which he imported folk elements as well. He painted still nature, portraits and mosaics.

Education and career Ličenoski graduated in 1927 from an art school in Belgrade, where he had studied under Milan Milovanović (1876–1946), Ljubomir Ivanovic (1882–1945) and Petar Dobrovic (1890–1942).

Painting style His style had developed in the context of the Ecole de Paris, which contrasted with the narrative models he had inherited from the Post-Byzantine tradition. In his mature work he introduced the idiom of Expressionism into modern Macedonian art.