Oto Logo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ото Лого; 15 August 1931 – 4 January 2016) was Serbian sculptor and painter.

Biography

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He was born 15 August 1931[1] in Belgrade. He finished high school in Subotica, and then he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the sculpture department.[2] He was a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, better known as ULUS - from 1955[3] to 2007 when he retired.[4]

He died in Belgrade on 4 January 2016 at age 85.[5] He was buried in Alley of the Greats of the Belgrade New Cemetery.

Exhibitions

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He has exhibited at a large number of collective exhibitions in the country and abroad. He has organized solo exhibitions in the following cities: Belgrade, Paris, Venice, Skopje, Sarajevo, Liège, Brussels, Niš, Zürich, Mannheim, New York, London, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Arandjelovac, Novi Sad, Struga, Ohrid, Zemun, Mionica.[3]

He independently exhibited sculpture and graphics in Belgrade in 1957, 1959 and 1962. He has exhibited at exhibitions:

  • "Contemporary Serbian graphics", Novi Sad, 1959.
  • III and IV "International Exhibition of Graphics", Ljubljana.
  • I and II "Exhibition of Yugoslav Graphics", Zagreb.
  • Exhibitions "Contemporary Yugoslav Graphics" in Venice, Turin, Milan, Rome, Tokyo and Cuba.
  • Exhibition "Contemporary Serbian Art", Zagreb, 1963.[6]

After a long break, Otto Logo exhibited his nine exhibits at the group exhibition "Fashion Avenue Art", in the Audi salon, in Belgrade, on May 27, 2008.[7][8] He also exhibited in the "Gallery '73" in a group exhibition entitled "Chronicle of Art Sremčica", from August 26 to September 4, 2008.[9]

Works

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Otto Logo is the author of a large number of sculptures, busts and monuments.

  • Monument to Fallen Soldiers, Kovačica, 1954.
  • Bust Louis Pasteur, Subotica, 1965.
  • Bust of Andrija Štampar, Subotica, 1966.
  • Monument "Shell", Arandjelovac, 1966.
  • Bust of Ludwik Hirzfeld, Subotica, 1967.
  • Bust Milan Jovanović Batut, Subotica, 1968.
  • Bust Edward Jenner, Subotica, 1968.
  • Monument Dragojlo Dudić, Valjevo, 1971.
  • Monument "Prozivka" or "SNOP", Subotica, 1977.[a]
  • Monument to Branko Krsmanović, Paraćin, 1981.[b]
  • Monument to the Battle of Ljig in 1941, Ljig, 1981.
  • Monument to the fallen fighters of NOR, Obrenovac, 1983.
  • Monument Ivan Sarić | to Ivan Sarić, Subotica, 1984.
  • Monument to Major Victims in 1942.
  • Monument to the national hero Dušan Jerković, Bajina Bašta, 1987.
  • Monument to Živojin Mišić, Mionica, 1988.
  • Monument to the warriors of the liberation wars 1912-1918. year, Aleksandrovac, 1990.
  • Monument to Jovan Cvijić, Belgrade, 1994.[11][3]

In Memorial Museum "21 October "Kragujevac" are two sculptures made of galvanized sheet metal, one opposite the other, by Otto Log: "Penetration to the East", an eagle sculpture symbolizing the German military force at the beginning of the war and "Death of a Mastodon", a sculpture representing a bird that turns into a shapeless mass of metal. thus symbolizing the collapse of the Fascist movement.[12]

  • He designed the "Great Golden Plaque - Duke Živojin Mišić".[13]
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Notes

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  1. ^ The monument was inaugurated on December 18, 1977.
  2. ^ The monument was inaugurated on May 9, 1981.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Forum „Na ćošku“. "Happened on this day". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Tourist cluster Subotica-Palić. "Spomenik "Prozivka"". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Skulpture-Srbija. "Logo Oto". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ Penzionerski servis. "List of winners of national pensions". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ Preminuo vajar Oto Logo Accessed 1/5/2016
  6. ^ Catalog "Grafika beogradskog kruga 1964", Accessed 18 November 2014.
  7. ^ Kuda za vikend . "Deset srpskih umetnika XX veka". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ^ Glas javnosti. "Deset srpskih umetnika u Audijevom salonu". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  9. ^ Galerija „Trag“. "Hronika likovne Sremčice". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. ^ Tourist Organization of Paraćin (2015-01-26). "Monument to Branko Krsmanović". Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ^ Serbian info. "Jovan Cvijić: život i dela" Јован Цвијић: живот и дела (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ^ Kragujevac City Tourist Organization. "Memorial Museum 21. October". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  13. ^ NIN. "Red Duke Misic". Retrieved 18 November 2014.