Djura Jaksic(1831-1878)
- Writer
Djura Jaksic has studied fine arts in Vienna and Munich. He has been a
teacher and professor in various towns in Serbia. He belongs to the
most expressive representatives of Serbian romanticism. Passionate, of
impetuous imagination, flamy emotions, rebellious and a freedom-lover,
he has written, with romanticist pathos, songs about freedom, against
tyranny, and verses of lyric confession full of deep pain
(nevertheless, he also had nothing against dedicating a collection of
poems to Knez Milan). He has written three dramas: "Stanoje Glavas",
"Seoba Srba" and "Jelisaveta". He was one of the most talented Serbian
painters of the XIX century and most prominent representative of
romanticism in Serbian painting. He was buried as one of the most
respected and loved artists of Belgrade.