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Art Waiting for Justice

In order to embellish the new Parliament building, in 1936 the acquisition of artistic works began. With the watercolours of architect Nikolai Krasnov, who designed the interior of the House of the National Assembly, it can be seen that portraits of the royal family were envisaged for the assembly halls and diplomatic salon. For the diplomatic salon on the first floor, in 1937–1938 Vladimir Becić was commissioned to paint six portraits of the ruling family and the King’s Regents. At the same time, the portraits of the President of the National Assembly were painted – the work of Uroš Predić and Ivan Tišov. The collection of decorative paintings in the Assembly at that period included the works of Sava Šumanović, Petar Dobrović, Kosta Hakman, Zora Petrović, and Vasa Pomorišac.

The replenishment of the Parliament’s collection continued after World War Two. State commissions decided what works would be purchased. During this period, the collection was enriched with the works of artists from all over the countries of former Yugoslavia. When deciding about the artists, equal national representation was one of the requirements taken into account, thereby making room for less well-known painters whose works stood alongside those by Milo Milunović,Petar Lubarda, Milan Konjović, Petar Omčikus and Jovan Bijelić. At the present day, it represents an anthological collection of Yugoslav painting of the middle and end of the 20th century.

During the events of 5 October 2000, the collection, which comprised 156 works, was devastated: 60 paintings were lost or destroyed in a fire, and many were damaged. Although the loss was irretrievable, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia donated 39 paintings to the National Assembly, thus enlarging the collection with the works of contemporary artists, among them Miloš Bajić, Vladimir Dunić, BožidarDamjanovski, Milić Stanković of Mačva, Voja Stanić and others.

The art collection was enlarged again in 2014 with the portrait of Stevan Ćirić, the President of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1936 (the work of Uroš Predić), which his daughter Evelina Mileusnić donated to the National Assembly. In addition, in 2015 Princess Jelisaveta Karadjordjević presented to the National Assembly a portrait of Prince Paul Karadjordjević, the work of Savelj
Sorino, from 1939.

Today, the collection consists of 168 works, mostly oil on canvas. The Parliament’s art collection gives an insight into artistic production in the former Yugoslavia, mainly in the post-war period, and is made up of the works of the most prominent artists at different periods of their creative endeavour.

With the intention and strong desire to bring the artworks from the Parliament’s collection, significant indicators of the national identity, back to where they belong, this exhibition continues the process of presenting their diversity and richness of language, of techniques and contents, which provide a kind of artistic meta-reflection of the turbulent history of the building of the National Assembly itself.

If you have any knowledge of or information about the missing pieces from the National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Belgrade, lost during the events of 5 October 2000, please call +38111-3026-100 (contact Zeljko Mandic).


Petar Lubarda
Horses, 1954 (ca.)
Oil on canvas, 125.5 × 105 cm
Signed above on the left: Lubarda; on the back of the canvas: Lubarda

Milić Stanković of Mačva
The open gates of Belgrade, 1974
Oil on canvas, 126.3 × 104 cm
Signed below on the left: Милић од Мачве 7482 1974; on the back of the canvas: Отворене капије Београда Милић од Мачве (Militch de Matchva) 7482 1974

Petar Dobrović
Cathedral in Dubrovnik, 1937 (before)
Oil on canvas, 67 × 103.5 cm
Signed above on the left: P. Dobrović

Milan Konjović
A house in the vineyard, 1947
Oil on hardboard, 71.5 × 53 cm
Signed below on the left: Коњовић 47

Missing art from the Federal Assembly, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Belgrade, lost during the events of 5 October 2000

Josif Bifel <br> The end of summer, 1965 <br> Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 89.5 cm <br> Signed on the right, mid.: Bifel 65. <br> A label with data on the au¬thor and work on the back Stevan Bodnarov <br>The countryside, 1937 <br>Oil on canvas, 93 × 61 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Ст Боднаров 1937.г. Smilja Bojičić <br>Haymaking at Mt. Suha <br>Oil on canvas, 78.5 × 59.2 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Smilja Bojičić 74/ (…) Smilja Bojičić <br>Clouds above ponds, 1974 <br>Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 48 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Smilja Bojičić / 74. Zora Petrović <br>A landscape <br>Oil on canvas, 99.5 × 105 cm <br>A label of the 1937 Paris World Exhibition on the back, with data on the author and work
Djordje Bošan <br>Still life <br>Oil on canvas, 70 × 85 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Bošan đ Vojteh Bratuša <br>Flowers, 1961 <br>Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 50.2 cm Živojin Vlajić <br>Belgrade with the Sava River <br>Oil on canvas, 157 × 78 cm <br>No signature and inscription Dragoljub Vuksanović <br>From the Užice region, 1960 <br>Oil on canvas, 89 × 75.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Д. Вуксановић 60; on the back: Драг. Вуксановић Nikola Graovac <br>Kneževac, 1945 <br>Oil on canvas, 60.7 × 50.5 cm <br>On the inner frame: Кнежевац од Граовца, and inscrip¬tion on the author and work
Petar Dobrović <br>Cathedral in Dubrovnik, 1937 (before) <br>Oil on canvas, 67 × 103.5 cm <br>Signed above on the left: P. Dobrović Boris Dogan <br>Green Power II, 1959 <br>Oil on canvas, 121 × 135.5 cm <br>Signed above on the right: B. Dogan 59 <br>On inner frame: Boris Dogan: Zelena snaga II 59 Ivo Dulčić <br>The borders of Hvar, 1960s <br>Oil on canvas, 78.5 × 65 cm <br>A label with data on the author and work on the back Zdenka Živković <br>The Wedding at Cana (a copy of a fresco) <br>Oil on canvas, 70 × 100.5 cm Boško Petrović <br>Karlovacka Street, 1953 <br>Oil on the paper attached to cardboard, 74 × 50 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Бошко П. 53 <br>On the back: Бошко Петровић НСад. Дунавска 32/II „Карловачка улица”
Dušan Jovanović <br>Still life with a cap, shell, glass and painting accessories, 1979 <br>Oil on canvas, 73.2 × 100 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Dušan Jovanović 79. Milan Kečić <br>A willow grove with magpies’ nests and fishermen, 1956 <br>Oil on canvas, 94.5 × 65.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: MK <br>On the back of the canvas: Milan Kečić Vrbak sa svračijim gnjezdima i ribarima 56 Milan Konjović <br>A house in the vineyard, 1947 <br>Oil on hardboard, 71.5 × 53 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Коњовић 47 Vladimir Krstić <br>A dam, 1960s <br>Oil on canvas, 80 × 88 cm <br>Signed on the back: Крстић Владимир Београд Рајићева 10 Čedomir Krstić <br>Raising the child, 1965 <br>Oil on canvas, 79.5 × 90 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Крстић 65 <br>A label with data on the author and work on the back
Petar Lubarda <br>Horses, 1954 (ca.) <br>Oil on canvas, 125.5 × 105 cm <br>Signed above on the left: Lubarda; on the back of the canvas: Lubarda Jefto Perić <br>Kalemegdan, 1950s <br>Oil on canvas, 43 × 56 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Ј Перић <br>On the inner frame: Ј. Перић Калемегдан Petar Lubarda <br>The head of a man, 1941 <br>Oil on plywood, 19.5 × 26.5 cm <br>Signed above on the left: Лубарда; <br>below on the right: К… 1941 Miron Makanec <br>A motif from the Kupa River <br>Oil on canvas, 65 × 54 cm <br>No inscription and signature Predrag Pedja Milosavljević <br>Dubrovnik, 1958 <br>Oil on canvas, 115 × 88 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Pedja Milosavljević 1958; below in the middle: Дубровник; below on the right: Dubrovnik <br>A label with data on the author and work on the back
Milo Milunović <br>St. Stefan, 1957 <br>Oil on canvas, 92 × 65 cm <br>Signed below on the left: М.Милуновић 1957 Milan Minić <br>A motif from Lazaret – Lapad, 1945 <br>Oil on cardboard, 60.5 × 38 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Милан Минић 1945; a label of the First Exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists of Serbia, with data Emir Dragulj <br>The night Aquatint, 61.5 × 49 cm <br>Below the print, on the left: the Author’s print; in the middle: ноћ; on the right: Емир Драгуљ Leposava – Bela St Pavlović <br>Monastery of Bogovadja <br>Oil on canvas, 30 × 21 cm <br>Signed below on the left: ЛСТП – 1954 Aleksandar Prijić <br>A littoral landscape <br>Oil on hardboard, 99.5 × 69.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: А. Пријић
Zlatko Prica <br>Still life with fruit, watermelon and a bottle, EARLY WORK… <br>Oil on canvas, 67 × 101 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Prica Milutin Radojičić <br>Hvar, 1969 <br>Oil on canvas, 50.3 × 60 cm <br>Signed below on the right: M. Radojičić 69 Šandor Reska <br>A motif from Zagorje <br>Oil on canvas, 67.7 × 55 cm <br>On the inner frame: Reska Šandor, Zagreb… Vilim Svečnjak <br>Susak Oil on canvas, 93.5 × 64.7 cm <br>A label with data on the au¬thor and work on the back Meho Sefić <br>Coppersmith in Mostar, 1976 <br>Oil on canvas, 80 × 60 cm <br>Signed below on the left: MSefić 76
Vladimir Spasić <br>A Jewish street in Sombor, 1956 <br>Oil on canvas, 75 × 56 cm <br>On the back: Владимир Спасић – сценограф Народно позориште Сомбор Јеврејска улица у Сомбору 7-V-1956 (Vladimir Spasić – scenographer National Theater Sombor A Jewish s Milić Stanković of Mačva <br>The open gates of Belgrade, 1974 <br>Oil on canvas, 126.3 × 104 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Милић од Мачве 7482 1974; on the back of the canvas: Отворене капије Београда Милић од Мачве (Militch de Matchva) 7482 1974 Borivoje – Bora Stevanović <br>Avala, 1928 <br>Oil on canvas, 48.2 × 30.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Б. С. 1928 <br>On the back: Авала Сликао (Painted): Бор. Стевановић Borivoje – Bora Stevanović <br>A house in Yataghan mala, 1954 <br>Oil on canvas, 57 × 40 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Б. С. 1954; a label with data on the author and work on the frame Ivan Tabaković <br>Topcider <br>Oil on canvas, 48 × 45.5 cm <br>Signed below on the left: Табаковић
Mileva Mica Todorović <br>Still life <br>Oil on canvas, 69.5 × 72 cm <br>A label with data on the author on the back Milorad Ćirić <br>A motif from Belgrade, 1950 (ca.) <br>Oil on cardboard, 60 × 43.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: М. Ћирић Milorad Ćirić <br>Belgrade seen from the Sava, 1975 <br>Oil on cardboard, 68.5 × 56 cm <br>Signed below on the right: М. Ћирић 1975 Vladimir Filakovac <br>A motif from a coastal town, 1939 <br>Oil on canvas, 70 × 56.5 cm <br>Signed below on the right: VFilakovac 939 Josip Car <br>Suburb of Belgrade, 1939 <br>Oil on canvas, 55 × 40 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Ј Цар 39
Marko Čelebonović <br>Budva, 1960 (ca.) <br>Oil on canvas, 91.5 × 73 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Marko Č Branko Šotra <br>Small mills, <br>Oil on canvas, 66 × 50.3 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Шотра A label with data on the author and work on the back Rizah Štetić <br>Still life with a figurine, 1962 <br>Oil on canvas, 100.5 × 69 cm <br>Signed above on the right: Rštetić 62 <br>On the inner frame: RŠtetić: „Mrtva priroda sa figurinom” ulje 1962 Ive Šubic <br>Winter idyll, 1964 <br>Oil on canvas, 119.5 × 100 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Ive Šubic 1964 Marko Šuštarić <br>To the glory of Anne Frank, 1962 <br>Oil on canvas, 96 × 146 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Šuštarić 1962; A label of the Biennale in Sao Paolo, with data on the author and work
Janez Boljka <br>Composition, 1964 <br>Aquatint, print: 50 × 64.5 cm <br>On the left: Е.А. barvna akvatinta; in the middle: Kompozicija 1964; on the right: J. Boljka Pivo Karamatijević <br>From Sutjeska, 1954 <br>Ink on paper, 31 × 41 cm <br>Signed below on the right: Пиво 54 Bosko Karanović <br>Kadinjača, 1967 <br>Aquatint, print: 55.7 × 75.8 cm / 45.5 × 54 cm <br>In the middle: Kadinjača; on the right: Boško Karanović 1967 Lojze Spacal <br>Fisherman’s bay, 1951 <br>Lithograph, print: 39.5 ×29.5 <br>cm On the left: 28/30 Ribiško zatinje; on the right: L.Spacal 1951 Vanja Radauš <br>Quintet of women <br>Terracotta, 41.5 × 34.5 × 21.5 c

Missing furniture from the Federal Assembly, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Belgrade, lost during the events of 5 October 2000

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