Reich Albert

Albert-Reich-1889-1942-Marked-day-in-Ushkub-1917.-gouache

Born in Neumarkt 1889, died in Munich 1942, Albert Reich was well known German war painter and illustrator. During the war, he was in the German Alpine Corps. He was also illustrator for the German children magazine: “Kriegsblatter fur die deutsche Jugend“ (War magazine for German Youth), magazine that was publishing patriotic stories for children. […]

Rainov Stoyan

Stoyan-Rainov-1894-1978-Ohrid-Macedonia-1918-watercolor

Studied ceramics at the Art Academy in Sofia in the class of prof. St. Dimitrov. Specialized at the State conservatorium in Paris under guidance of prof. Mano. Had exhibitions in the period between 1928 and 1935 in Prague, Brussels, Paris, Moscow, Berlin and other cities. Later, he was a professor at the Ceramics Academy in […]

Rainov Nikolai

Nikolai-Rainov-1889-1954-Souvenir-from-Krivolak-1915-pencil-and-watercolor

Born on 01.01 1889 in Kesarevo near Veliko Turnovo, died on 02.05.1954 in Sofia. He was an important Bulgarian painter, writer and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science after the liberation. Brother of the ceramic artist Stojan Rainov. Studied art in 1908 in Sofia and later also studied philosophy until 1911 in Sofia […]

Radulović Branko

Important Bosnian impressionist. Born in Mostar 1885, died in Skopje 1916. Studied art at the Serbian Drawing School in Belgrade under guidance of Ristа and Beta Vukanović. Later he moved to Prague where he graduated from the Fine Art Academy in 1911. He was a student of Vlaho Bukovac and prof Zhenishek. He also played […]

Prött Paul

Paul Prött 1880-1945 list of his Macedonian etchings 1926 auction catalogue

Little known German painter, born in Hagen in 1880, studied in Munich and worked as a painter and graphic artist in Cologne from 1912. He mainly painted city and landscape views. His wife died before the First World War and he probably moved to Berlin with his stepdaughter in the 1920s. His daughter emigrated to […]

Prinz Ludwig Karl

Karl Ludwig Prinz-1875-1944 On the holy springs of Drama Macedonia 1918 watercolor

Born and died in Vienna, Austria. Prinz was a landscape and stage painter that worked on staging in Vienna Court Opera (1912), the theaters in Munich, Hamburg, and New York. He also decorated the Interior Ministry and Vienna City Museum, the Prince of Lichtenstein. Beside theater work, he was also active as a painter for […]

Prica Zlatko

Zlatko-Prica-1916-2003-Houses-in-Ohrid-1946-oil-on-canvas

Born in Pechuh, Hungary on 26.06.1916, died in Rijeka, Croatia. In 1922 he moved to Samobor, Croatia, and later to Zagreb where he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated in 1940 in class of Ljubo Babić. His first one-man exhibition was held in 1941 in the Art Pavilion in Zagreb just before […]

Preziosi Amadeo Vittorio Count

Vittorio Amadeo Prziosi 1816-1882 Two Albanians Smoking Albanian warioir-1850

Born in Valetta, Malta on 02.12.1816 as wealthy European aristocrat, descendant of the family of the King of Sicily. Educated in law and drawing, he decided to follow his passion for painting and abandon the lawyer career. He first got an art education from Giuseppe Hyzler, and later studied art at the Academy of Fine […]

Portier Marguerite

Marguerite Portier 1893-1992 Ochrida maison de Serbе watercolor

Born and lived in Lyon, travelled extensively through North Africa, Spain, Italy, The Balkans. She created a series of watercolors of Ohrid from 1930s (she labeled all the watercolors with Ohrid Serbia. One of these watercolors is in the collection of the author of this lexicon.

Popović Branko

Branko-Popović-1882-1944-Monastery-St.-Naum-Ohrid-1931-oil-on-canvas

Born in Uzice, Serbia in 1882, died in Belgrade (shot by the Partisans) in 1944. One of the most prominent Serbian artists. Studied at the Technical University Belgrade in 1905 and later at the Art Academy in Munich until 1909. His education continued in Paris between 1909-1912. He was a war painter in the period […]