Ivan Radović (1894-1973)
Ivan Radović was born in Vršac, in 1894, and died in Belgrade, in 1973. He studied painting at the Art Academies in Budapest and Prague. He also lived in Paris during his studies.
He was a member of art groups Oblik (Shape), Šestorica (The Six) and Samostalni (The Independent). He worked as a teacher in Belgrade Art School until WWII. He became an associate member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts in 1970. He won a many awards and accolades, including: the Silver medal at the International exhibition in Paris in 1937, the Golden Petal from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1962, Politika’s award in 1967 and the Seventh of July award in 1967. He edited several retrospective exhibitions of his work.
The interesting thing is he was champion of Yugoslavia in tennis in 1929.