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Nadežda Petrović
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Serbian artist (1873-1915)
Key facts
- Born
- 11/12 October 1873, Čačak , Principality of Serbia
- Died
- 3 April 1915 (aged 41), Valjevo , Kingdom of Serbia
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- Fauvism
- Awards
- Medal for Bravery , Order of the Red Cross
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nadezhda
- Family name
- Petrović
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Place of birth
- Čačak
- Place of death
- Valjevo
- Occupation
- nurse
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Participant in
- World War I
- Student of
- Julius Exter
- Field of work
- nationalism
- Movement
- Fauvism
- Image
- Nadezda Petrovic.jpg
- Residence
- Kraljevo
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- date of birth
- 1873-10-11
- Commons category
- Nadežda Petrović
- date of death
- 1915-04-03
- member of
- Circle of Serbian Sisters
- cause of death
- typhus
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Надежда Петровић
- place of burial
- Belgrade New Cemetery
- Commons Creator page
- Nadežda Petrović
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Encyclopedic overview
Nadežda Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Надежда Петровић; 11/12 October 1873 – 3 April 1915) was a Serbian painter and one of the women war photography pioneers in the region. Considered Serbia's most famous expressionist and fauvist, she was the most important Serbian female painter of the period. Born in the town of Čačak, Petrović moved to Belgrade in her youth and attended the women's school of higher education there. Graduating in 1891, she taught there for a period beginning in 1893 before moving to Munich to study with Slovenian artist Anton Ažbe. Between 1901 and 1912, she exhibited her work in many cities throughout Europe.
In the later years of her life, Petrović had little time to paint and produced only a few works. In 1912, she volunteered to become a nurse following the outbreak of the Balkan Wars. She continued nursing Serbian soldiers until 1913, when she contracted typhus and cholera. She earned a Medal for Bravery and an Order of the Red Cross for her efforts. With the outbreak of World War I she again volunteered to become a nurse with the Serbian Army, eventually dying of typhus on 3 April 1915.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nadežda Petrović” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.