Ceremonial session marking the 150th anniversary of Katarina Ivanović’s election as an honorary member of the Serbian Learned Society (SLS)
A ceremonial session marking the 150th anniversary of Katarina Ivanović’s election as an honorary member of the Serbian Learned Society (SASA’s predecessor) will take place on Friday, 22 May, at the SASA Grand Hall, at noon. SASA Corresponding Member Igor Borozan, Snežana Mišić, PhD, and Katarina Mitrović, PhD, will shed some light on the person and work of Katarina Ivanović.
Katarina Ivanović (b. Veszprém, 1811 – d. Székesfehérvár, 1882) has been imprinted into the collective national consciousness as the first Serbian female painter and the first female member of the Serbian Learned Society. By choosing painting as her profession, which had been regarded as a male occupation, she challenged such beliefs and fought her way in a patriarchal society, at a time when women artists were a rare occurrence in the 19th century European cultural circles. It was her coming from a respectable and wealthy family and Hungarian surroundings, as well as the circle of friends and acquaintances she made in Pest and Vienna, who gave her an insight into national ideas, that had a profound impact on her development. She sought to place her artistic endeavours into the service of shaping the national identity in such a manner which was not expected from a woman, according to prevailing social conventions. This brought her to Belgrade, newly liberated from the Turks. The culmination of her patriotism lies in bequeathing her paintings to the Serbian people.
The live streaming of the event is available via the link https://www.sanu.ac.rs/en/live-streaming/.