Monday, December 9, 2024

 Sava Šumanović
(1896 - 1942)
 

Sava Šumanović was a Serbian painter. He is considered to be one of the most important Serbian painters of the 20th century. Šumanović's opus includes around 800 paintings as well as 400 drawings and sketches. He was executed during the mass genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia. Ustaše tortured him and threw him half alive into limestone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sava_Šumanović

Šid under Snow
1935
Oil on canvas
100 x 81,4 cm
The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, Novi Sad, Serbia

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