Petar Lubarda

Petar Lubarda (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Лубарда); 27 July 1907 – 13 February 1974) was a Serbian painter.

Biography Letter by Petar Lubarda; he request that the biographical information written in the letter must be used in all of his future biographies. He was born in Ljubotinj, near Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro. Lubarda's father was an officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who was killed by the Yugoslav Partisans, which left a mark on Lubarda's career and upbringing. He spent a part of the war years in a German prison camp. Lubarda self-declared as a Serb His work is inspired by Serbian history and Montenegrin landscape.

His most preferred subject was the historic 1389 Battle of Kosovo, which Lubarda painted in various formats in more than 30 versions.

Lubarda won numerous awards including the prestigious Herder Prize, Medal of Honour by Calcutta Art Society in 1968 and many other awards in Europe, Brazil, New York City and Tokyo Biennale.

The house used by Petar Lubarda and his wife Vera located in Senjak, Belgrade, was turned into an art gallery featuring notable works by Lubarda and personal items.

Exhibitions

Gymnasium, Nikšić, 1925 Casa dell' Arte Moderna Bragaglio, Rome, 1929 French club, Belgrade, 1933 Art pavilion, Belgrade, 1934 Art gallery ULUS, Belgrade, 1951 Galerie Yougoslavie, Paris, 1952 Galerie Michel Warren, Paris, 1954 Leicester Galleries, London, 1955 Art pavilion, Podgorica, 1958 Small gallery, Ljubljana, 1959 Gallery of, Belgrade, 1961 Galleria Penelope, Rome, 1962 Gallery of House of JNA, Belgrade, 1962 Rabotnički university, Skopje, 1963 Gallery of House of JNA, Belgrade, 1964 Museum of Contemporary Art, retrospective, Belgrade, 1967 Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, 1967 Art Gallery "Josip Bepo Benković", Herceg Novi, 1967 Art pavilion, Podgorica, 1968 Art museum SR Montenegro, Cetinje, 1968 National museum, Kragujevac, 1968 Art gallery of Belgrade Cultural Centre, 1968 SANU Gallery, Belgrade, 1969 House of culture "Olga Petrov", Opovo, 1969 City museum, Sombor, 1970 Art gallery, House of culture in Vrbas, 1970 Art gallery of Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1971

Posthumous National museum, Belgrade, 1974 Commemorative Exhibition, Skopje, 1974 Lubarda's atelier, commemorative exhibition, Belgrade, 1974 Collegium artisticum, retrospective, Sarajevo, 1978 Modern gallery, Budva, 1978 Modern gallery, retrospective, Ljubljana, 1978 Museum of contemporary art, Belgrade, 1984 Gallery of art of non-aligned countries "Josip Broz Tito", Podgorica Modern gallery, Budva, 1985 Forum gallery, Nikšić, 1986 Art Gallery "Josip Bepo Benković", Herceg Novi, 1989 Biljarda, Cetinje, 1994 Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, 1998 Gallery "Nikola I", Nikšić, 2000 Palace of Nikola I, Bar, 2000 Galeria Lorber, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2004 Gallery of Radio Television of Serbia, Belgrade, 2007 Belgrade gallery, Belgrade, 2007 Heritage house, Belgrade, 2014

Awards Grand Prix, World exhibit, Paris, 1937 I award at an international exhibition, The Hague, 1939 I federal award of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1948 I state award of SR Montenegro, Cetinje, 1948 I state award of SR Montenegro, Цетиње, 1949 International award, Biennale, São Paulo, 1953 Biennale award, Tokyo, 1955 October award of city of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1955 National award - Guggenheim, New York City, 1956 7 July award, Belgrade, 1964 Order of brotherhood and unity, Belgrade, 1965 Order of merit for the people with golden wreath, Belgrade, 1965 AVNOJ award, Belgrade, 1966 I award of gallery „13th November“, Cetinje, 1967 Diploma of city of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1969 Medal of Honour "Tagore" by Calcutta Art Society, Kolkata, 1970 Herder Prize, Vienna, 1973 Honorary citizen of Slovenj Gradec Honorary citizen of Kragujevac

Gallery