Description

Veljko Đurđević’s painting – Kalemegdan – Sveta Petka, evokes a special feeling in people who love Kalemegdan. That monumental part of Belgrade near the confluence of two rivers is often depicted in artistic paintings. This work of art, painted with oil on canvas. Dimensions are 18 x 24 cm (without frame) and 42 x 48 cm (with frame). The price of the painting by Veljko Đurđević – Kalemegdan – Sveta Petka is with the frame. The frame is brown with gold beads, and the passepartout is a wide beige cloth with a thin old gold slip. The frame is selected with style and in accordance with the colors in the picture.

With the oil on canvas technique of Veljko Đurđević – Kalemegdan – Sveta Petka, we enter the world of plein air, a direction rarely used by today’s painters, but Veljko is one of the few. Plein air is a method of painting live, directly in nature. Đurđević has shown before, even during his studies, that he does not want to be a mere master-copyist or an imitator of the great names of our and the world’s achievements. Recently, the image and motif of Belgrade, Serbia and our monasteries.

Veljko Đurđević continued making sketches and studies of nature, figures, nudes, portraits, landscapes, occasionally using photography as a template. When he reached the necessary level of persuasiveness of the painted matter, he approached the realism of the great Russian painters ambitiously and with a lot of enthusiasm. In the works of Šiškin, Rjepin, Vereščagin and others, he found that artistic quality that he identified with the beauty of the picturesque landscapes of Serbia. He knew that the sky over the Russian taigas could not be the same as the sky over the Šumadija fields and mountains. That is why the motifs of Rajac, Mokra Gora, Rzav, Prokletije, Subobor meadows, etc. painted with the soul of a true lover of a young man who knows his roots, where he belongs and what it is his duty to leave behind as a painter.

Graduated in 2005 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, in the class of Professor Momcilo Antonovic, where he received a scholarship from the Academy as one of the best and most talented students.
He exhibited at several collective exhibitions in the country and abroad.
Among the most important: in the Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, the “Cvijeta Zuzorić” Pavilion, the Gornji Milanovac Museum and the “Monca” Cultural Center in Italy.
His paintings are in private collections in Serbia, England, the United States of America, France, Switzerland, Italy…
He is a member of the Association of Fine Artists “Esnaf” and immediately after graduation he was admitted to the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia.

Through persistent work, Đurđević reached the level of perfectionism that already puts him on an equal footing with local realists, whether they are of a magical, poetic, fantastical or hyperrealistic orientation. In addition, “Kalemegdan – Sveta Petka” comes with a certificate of authenticity and originality. Add a touch of sophistication to your space with a painting by Veljko Đurđević – Kalemegdan – Sveta Petka