JOVAN BIJELIĆ (b. Kolunić, Bosanski Petrovac), 19 June 1886 – d. Belgrade, 12 March 1964)

Stage designer and head of National Theatre’s Slikarnica (1919−1945)

Membership of SASA: Department of Fine Arts and Music; full member from 5 December 1963

Accession speech: three paintings were on display: ‘Oluja’ [Storm], ‘Pred oluju’ [Before a Storm] and ‘Predeo’ [Landscape]. Posebna izdanja/SANU. 377 (1964) 3−4

Awards and recognitions: October Prize; the 7th July Award; Order of Labour of the first degree

Obituary: Glasnik / SANU 16(1968) 11−12 (R. Stijović)

Photograph: SANU-F 459/1-2