In
the 1920s Belgrade - as the capital of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes - got a number of important buildings designed in different
architectural styles of that era. This magnificent edifice - designed by the
Croatian architect Dionis Andrija Sunko - was built for the First Croatian
Savings Bank.
The
building was commissioned for a twofold purpose: the bank occupied the ground
and first floors and the remaining three upper storeys were designed as
different sized residential flats. The main façade was modelled after
multifunctional buildings of the Berlin Secession and is one of rare examples
of Berlin and Hungarian Secession in Belgrade.
The Bank occupied the building for several decades before closing its doors. The
gallery then moved in and opened on July 1, 2010 – when the founder of the Museum - and its owner - Mrs.
Madlena Zepter - presented her native city with this cultural
institution.
The
core activity of the Museum is “… to collect systematically, protect, study,
exhibit and publish works of art. It is intended to gather together in one
place the works and artists who can visualize the complex art scene in Serbia
in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the new millennium
...”
It
was a delight for me to spend a couple of hours in this beautiful and important
gallery – and I share with you just a fraction of the artworks that thrilled my senses ...
Peinture 26 - Dorde Ivackovic - 1988
Pulsimeter - Milovan Vidak - 1965
Way Out - Vladimire Vlada Velickovic - 1993
Les Signes - Ljubomir Popovic - 2007
... detail ...
Isabella D'Este - Olga Olja Ivanjicki - 1967
People from Macva - Milic Stankovic - 1966
Le Peintre Maudit - Milic Stankovic - 1969
The Piper - Lazar Vujaklija - 1965
Big Sign 3 - Milun Vidic - 1993
Slika - Branko Filo Filipovic - 1976
L' Ecole de Dessin - Miodrag Dado Duric - 1972
Tired Dolls - Aleksandar Lukijan - 1972
In Honour - Zoran Pavlovic - 1961
Columns - Zivojin Zika Turinski - 1969
Work 63/48 - Aleksandar Aca Tomasevic - 1966
Work 65/8 - Aleksandar Aca Tomasevic - 1967
Bird and Women - Dragutin Cigarcic - 1976
The Royal Family - Lazar Vozarevic - 1958
... banking chamber decor ...
... banking chamber decor ...
Phoenix - Nandor Glid - 1990
Annunciation - Branko Miljus - 1972
City by the Water - Slavoljub Bogojevic - 1963
In Front of the Dead City - Dorde Bosan - 1964
Sky, Water, Stone - Predrag Milosavljevic - 1972
Composition - Mladen Josic - 1967
Still Life - Marko Celebonovic - 1957
Man from Samos - Milan Tucovic - 2000
Horoscope - Bozidar Damjanovski - 1988
Menorah - Aleksandar Aca Duric - 1993
Supertanker - Aleksandar Cvetkovic - 1988
Four Obelisks - Tomislav Toma Kauzlaric - 1979
Window - Tomislav Toma Kauzlaric - 1980
Experiment with Newsprint Paper - Tomislav Toma Kauzlaric - 1978
... detail ...
Toledo Wall - Vladimir Nikolic - 1982
Initiation - Miodrag Mica Popovic - 1963
... detail ...
White Painting 1 - Vera Bozickovic Popovic - 1977
Refraction - Vada Selakovic - 1995
Ruptures Through Aggression - Vera Stankovic - 1998
Hedgehog - Miodrag Samardzic - 2011
Reflection 1.2.3 - Dragana Stanacev Puaca - 1998
Search of Ithaca - Ratko Vulanovic - 2011
Great Serbian Countryside - Jovan Rakidzic - 1989
Sunflowers - Ratko Lalic - 2000
Inscription - Danica Basta - 1994
Babylonian Misunderstanding - Milan Stasevic - 1995
... detail ...
Lentils - Velizar Krstic - 2011
... banking chamber decor ...
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