Tanasko Milovich
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| Born | 27 January 1900 Fojnica, Hercegovina, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Died | 25 October 1964 St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America | ||
| Occupation | Artist | ||
Tanasko Milovich (Fojnica, Hercegovina, Austria-Hungary 27 January 1900 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America. 25 October 1964) was a Serbian American artist.[1]His student was Savo Radulovic, another well-known Serbian American artist.
Biography
In 1914 Tanasko Milovich arrived with his parents in America where they settled in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in 1921 at St. Louis School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1926. He was a recipient of 23 awards from the St. Louis Artists' Guild. From 1927 to 1928 he studied in Paris at the renowned Académie Colarossi and Académie Moderne with Jean Marchand (painter). While there he was honored at Salon d'Automne for design, in batik, a highly-skilled art which required silk, dyes, and other materials.[2]He returned from overseas in 1929 to St. Louis. There he secured a post teaching batik at Washington University and exhibited his work in art galleries and museums.
In 1943 he was appointed to the Regional Arts Commission by the mayor of St. Louis. That same year he married artist and educator Catherine Estelle Ehrmann, and was also appointed full-time professor at Washington University's St. Louis School of Fine Arts.[3]His son, Jefto Tanasko Milich, was born in 1948.
From 1956 to 1957 Milovich took Sabbatical leave from Washington University to travel to his native country, then Yugoslavia. His work was widely exhibited and seven pieces of his were purchased by the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina at Sarajevo. In 1957 Tanasko Milovich returned to teach at Washington University.[4]
He died in 1964 while still on the teaching staff at the university.
Legacy
For 21 years he was one of the distinguished artist-teachers to serve on the faculty of Washington University's St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He was a lifetime member of the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, the St. Louis Artists' Guild, the Society of Independent Artists, and the Group Fifteen.
A retrospective exhibit of his art was on display October 9-26 1983 at the St. Louis Artists' Guild Galleries, 227 E. Lockwood, in Webster Groves. His widow, Catherine Milovich, professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, assembled his paintings, drawings and batiks for the exhibit.
References
- ↑ https://www.google.ca/books/edition/AskART_com_Tanasko_Milovich/tDMLkAEACAAJ?hl=en
- ↑ https://www.invaluable.com/artist/milovich-tanasko-wmzuy2smi5/sold-at-auction-prices/
- ↑ https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=record
- ↑ https://www.kodnergallery.com/artist/Tanasko_Milovich/biography/
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