Tatjana Bošnjak

Education:    BA History of Art

Profession:    Senior curator

Job position:    Curator of the collection of Foreign Art Chief of Department for Modern Art at the National Museum in Belgrade  

Professional Biography 

Born in 1960 in Sabac. Graduated in 1984 from the Department for History of Art, at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. From 1988 external associate of the Department for History of Art at the National Museum in Belgrade where is employed since 1990. Since 1996 she held the position of curator of the collection of the Foreign Art. She became senior curator in 1999, and from 2002 she holds the position of the Chief of Department for Modern Art at the National Museum in Belgrade. She has been engaged as an associate for numerous exhibitions, and is author of numerous catalogues for exhibitions and collections, as well as professional texts from the field of history of art.  

Important Author’s Exhibitions and Catalogues 

1. Bosnjak Т ., D. Kovacevic, Renoir-Works from the National Museum Belgrade, National Museum 1997   

2. Bosnjak Т., D. Kovacevic, Paul Gauguin, Works from the National Museum Belgrade, National Museum 1998  

3. Bosnjak Т ., D. Kovacevic, L`art Belge des XIX et XX siècles de la collection du Musée National Belgrade, Belgrade 2000

4. Bosnjak Т ., D. Kovacevic, Diе Geburt der Moderne. Von der Schule von Barbizon bis zum Konstruktivismus, Wien: Museen der Stadt Wien, 2002, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt 2004.

5. Bosnjak T., D. Kovačić, У истоков савременного искусства от барбизонской школы до класического авангарда, ГМИИ А.С. Пушкина, Москва 2002.

6. Bosnjak T., Impresivno, Narodni muzej u Beogradu, 2004.

7. Bosnjak T., D. Kovačić, Lj. Miljković, G. Stanišić, V. Grujić, Belgrado-Parijs, Meesterwerken uit het National Museum van Belgrado, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, 2004.

8. Bosnjak T., D’Amico, R., Da Carpaccio a Canaletto, Tesori d'arte Italiana dal Museo Nazionale di Belgrado, Pinacoteca nazionale Bologna, Castelo Sismondo Bari, Venezia Marsilio Editori 2004.

Catalogues of Collections, Cooperation on Catalogues of Collections and Follow-up Exhibitions 

1. Bosnjak T., D’Amico R., Preradovic D.,  Pittura italiana dal XIV al XVIII secolo dal Museo Nazionale di Belgrado, Belgrado, Museo Nazionale 2004.

2. Бошњак Т., in: Кусовац, Н. et al., Поклон збирка Арса и Војке Милатовић, Београд, Народни музеј 1988.

3. Бошњак Т. in: Шелмић, Л., Кусовац, Н., et al., Збирка Јоце Вујића,каталог слика, скулптура и цртежа, Београд, Народни музеј у Београду - Галерија Матице српске, Нови Сад 1989.

Cooperation in Organizing Important Guest Exhibitions at the National Museum 

1. Munich School, 1850-1900, Guest Exposition of Bavarian State Painting Collection from Munich, National Museum in Belgrade 1988

2. Vasilije Vasiljevič Vereščagin 1842-1904, From Travels and Battle Fields, Guest Exhibition of Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow, National Museum in Belgrade 1989

3. Venetian Painting of the 18^th Century, Culture and Society in Venice, National Museum in Belgrade 1989

4. Saraku in Interpretation of Modern Japanese Artists, Japanese Foundation, National Museum in Belgrade

5. From Fatori to Morandi – Collection Grieko from Pinacoteca di Bari, National Museum in Belgrade 2001 

Selection of the Professional Texts 

1. Bosnjak T., The Montenegrin Medal “ To Avenge Kosovo” In commemoration of the Balkan wars 1912-1918, Нумизматичар, 18/19, Београд 1989, 75-78

2. Бошњак Т., Шраубталир Папе Урбана VIII из Кабинета за нумизматику и епиграфику Народног музеја у Београду, Зборник Народног музеја у Београду XV-2, Београд, 1994, 71-75

3. Бошњак T., Прилог изучавању прве српске медаље, Нумизматичар, 18/19, Београд 1996, 133-138

4. Bosnjak T,   The Collections of medals of the Numismatics and Epigraphic Cabinet of the National Museum in Belgrade, since its foundation in 1918, Зборник Народног музеја XVI-2, Београд 1997,135-142

5. Bosnjak T., Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), A Survey of numismatic research 1990-1995, Berlin 1997, 699-700

6. Bosnjak T., Yugoslavia, u: A Retrospective, FIDEM XXVI, Modern Art Medals, Museum Beelden aan Zee Scheveningen, The Hague 1998, 285-288

7. Бошњак Т., Колекција Гриеко, Макјајоли и фигурација у модерној италијанској уметности, u: Од Фаторија до Морандија-Колекција Гриеко из Пинакотеке Провинције Бари, Београд, Народни музеј 2001, 15-16

8. Bosnjak T., Collection of World Art, u: Tasić, N. et al., From Lepenski Vir to Modern Art, Tresaures of National Museum-Belgrade, Beograd, Narodni muzej 2002, 149-158

9. D’Amico R., Bošnjak T., Pittore veneziano, Madonna col Bambino, u: Flores D’Arcais F., Gentili G., Il Trecento Adriatico. Paolo Veneziano e la pittura tra Oriente e Occidente, Kastel Sismondo Rimini, Milano ed. Silvana Editoriale 2002, 144

10. D’Amico R., Bošnjak T., Lorenzo Veneziano, Nativita, u: Flores D’Arcais F., Gentili,G., Il Trecento Adriatico. Paolo Veneziano e la pittura tra Oriente e Occidente, Kastel Sismondo Rimini, Milano ed. Silvana Editoriale 2002, 180

11. D’Amico R., Bošnjak T., Pittore adriatico, Nativita, u: Flores D’Arcais F., Gentili, G., Il Trecento Adriatico. Paolo Veneziano e la pittura tra Oriente e Occidente, Kastel Sismondo Rimini, Milano ed. Silvana Editoriale 2002, 182

12. D’Amico R., BošnjakT., Pittore veneziano, San Paolo, u: Flores D’Arcais F., Gentili, G., Il Trecento Adriatico. Paolo Veneziano e la pittura tra Oriente e Occidente, Kastel Sismondo Rimini, Milano ed. Silvana Editoriale 2002, 184

13. Bosnjak T., Ballerina in piedi/ Ballerina in abito a righe gialle, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 241

14. Bosnjak T., Uomo con capello floscio, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 251

15. Bošnjak T., Volto di criminale, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 262

16. Bosnjak T., Sul letto/Riposo notturno, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 276

17. Bosnjak T., Dopo il Bagno, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 286

18. Bosnjak T., Tre ballerine in blu, u: Benedetti, M. T., Degas, Classico e moderno, Complesso del Vittoriano Roma, Milano ed. Skira 2004, 330

19. Bosnjak T., De kunstverzameling van het National Museum in Belgrado, u: Bošnjak T., D. Kovačić, Lj. Miljković, G. Stanišić, V. Grujić, Belgrado-Parijs, Meesterwerken uit het National Museum van Belgrado, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 2004, 8-17

20. Bosnjak T., Mannerist painting “Paradise” from the National Museum in Belgrade-contribution to interpretation and attribution, Зборник Народног музеја XVII-2, Београд 2004,139-146

21. Bosnjak T., D’Amico R., The Envoys of Humanism: Italian Art Tresaures from the Collection of the National Museum in Belgrade, Tampere Art Museum, Finland, May 15 - October 2, 2005

22. Bosnjak T., Kovačić D., Unknown Story of Modern Art, Japan, September 2005-September 2006

23. Ковачић Д., Бошњак, Т., Миленковић, С., et al., Збирка Ериха Шломовића из Народног музеја у Београду, Београд: Народни музеј, 2005  

Shorter Professional Visits

Poland 1998,
Italy 2000; 2002; 2004
Austria 2002; 2004
Russia 2002
Netherlands 2002; 2003; 2004
France 2003
Sweden 2004
USA 2004  

Petar Petrović

Education: BA History of Art Profession: curator Job position: curator of the collection of Serbian painting fron XVIII and XIX century in the National Museum in Belgrade

-professional Biography:

-Graduated in 1997 at the department of History of Art at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade (National history of the modern age) in the class of Professor Dr Miodrag Jovanovic. From 1998 he was an associate of the Department for History of Art in Belgrade, and from 1999 works as a curator at the department for Modern Art of the National Museum in Belgrade. He is curator of the collection of Serbian painting from XVIII and XIX century of the National Museum in Belgrade. He worked on the realization of numerous exhibitions, was the author of exhibition catalogues, as well as of professional texts from the field of history of art.

-selection of bibliography and exhibitions

Sveta Gora – graphics by R.Zvergera, P.Rataitza, and catalogue for exhibition with preface by Father Mitrofan of Hilandar, November-December 1998 – cooperation on the catalogue and placing exhibition

Šaraku in the interpretation of contemporary Japanese artists, catalogue for an exhibition at the National Museum and Embassy of Japan in Belgrade, September - October 1998 –cooperation on organising exhibition

Radost Boja, catalogue of a retrospective exhibition of Nikola Basevic (1892 - 1970), February - March 1999 (cooperation with curators Nikola Kusovac and Gordana Stanic);

N. Kusovac, P. Petrovic, Collection of paintings of NIS Jugopetrol, catalogue, edition "Private collections" No.2, Belgrade 2000 (biographies of authors)

P. Petrović, Old Belgrade at the paintings of Luka Mladenovic (1909 - 2000), catalogue for exhibition, National Museum Belgrade, September-October 2000

P. Petrović, Stevan Todorović (1832-1925), exhibition catalogue, National Museum Belgrade, August-October 2002

P. Petrović (J. Pantić), The file of Paja Jovanovic, Conservation and restoration of the paintings stolen from an exhibition in Arandjelovac 2001, National Museum Belgrade, May 2004

P.Petrović, About a portrait of Uros Knezevic, Collected works of the National Museum XVII/2 – history of art (Belgrade 2004), 323-333.

Sanja Lazić

Education: Graduated Painter of Applied Arts - restorer

Profession: painter-restorer

Job position: Studio for restoration of art pieces in the National Museum in Belgrade 

-Born in 1966 in Belgrade. She graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts and Design (painting department) in the class of Professor Gradimir Petrovic in 1994, and conservation and restoration, within the painting department in the class of Professor Gordana Zunjic Kusovac. She was the student of the generation in 1994. Since 1994, she is employed in the studio for restoration of the paintings of the National Museum in Belgrade, first as an honorary associate, and from May 1996 permanently employed. She is a member of ULUPUDUS since May 1995. She participated in numerous important projects: 

-Icon-painting of Kninska krajina 1995

-Icon-painting of the Saborna Church, Belgrade 1995/96

-Icons of Zahumsko Hercegovacka Eparchy 1997

-Icons from the Monastery Zitomislic1997/98

-Preparation of paintings by Nadezda Petrovic for the exhibition “Road of honour and fame”, National Museum in Belgrade, 1998

-Preparation of paintings by Sava Sumanovic for the exhibition “Sidjanke”, National Museum in Belgrade, 1998

-Painting “Saint Sava entering the monastic order” by Steva Todorovic, 1998

-Work on the preparation of paintings for the exhibition Da Carpaccio a Canaletto, Tesori d'arte italiana dal Museo Nazionale di Belgrado, Pinacoteca nazionale Bologna, Castelo Sismondo Bari 2004, Tampere Art Museum 2005.