Poleksija Todorović (1848 – 1939) was a Serbian painter.

Poleksija Todorović

Biography

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She was born in Belgrade, Serbia, as Poleksija Ban, the daughter of Margarita Ban and Matija Ban, Serbian writer and diplomat.[1] The beginnings of her painting are linked to the drawing school of Jovan Deroko, and later to her husband Stevan Todorović.[2]

She mostly painted icons and portraits, sometimes landscapes. She worked on the iconostastes in Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Bogatić in 1871 and in the Holy Trinity Church in Negotin in 1901.[3][4] There are 16 of her paintings in the collection of the National Museum.[5]

Alongside Katarina Ivanović and Mina Karadžić, she was one of the three Serbian women painters who worked in the 19th century.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Димитријевић, Милица. ""Полексија, волим Вас" у Дому Јеврема Грујића". Politika Online. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  2. ^ "Arte - Jovan Deroko - Biografija". www.arte.rs. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "Crkva Presvete Bogorodice u Bogatiću". Bogatić (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  4. ^ "Споменици културе у Србији". spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  5. ^ "Detalji predmeta | Virtuelni muzej Dunava". 2017-08-21. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  6. ^ "Tragični Mačkov kamen". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  7. ^ "Katarina Ivanović | Autori | Aukcijska Kuća Srbinovski". srbinovski-art.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.