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'''Petar Omčikus''' ({{lang-fr|Pierre Omcikous}}; [[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Петар Омчикус), [[Sušak]], [[October 6]], [[1926]]) is a [[Serbs|Serbian]] painter and member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, who lives and works in [[Paris]].
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'''Petar Omčikus''' ({{langx|fr|Pierre Omcikous}}; {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Петар Омчикус}}; 6 October 1926 – 26 April 2019) was a [[Serbs|Serbian]] painter and member of the [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]], who lived and worked in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name="seec">{{cite web |url=http://www.seecult.org/vest/preminuo-petar-omcikus |date=April 26, 2019 |work=SEEcult |title=Preminuo Petar Omčikus}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Since [[1937]]. Omčikus has lived in [[Belgrade]]. After World War II he began painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, in class of professor [[Ivan Tabaković]]. Together with his wife, painter [[Kossa Bokchan]], left his studies in painting and went to [[Zadar]], which became one of the founders of The Zadar Group, where they are also [[Mića Popović]], Vera Božičković, Bata Mihailović, Ljubinka Jovanovic. After a six-month stay in Zadar, he returned to Belgrade where he joined The Group of Eleven, and his first solo exhibition, hosted in [[1951]]. Shortly after in [[1952]]nd Petar Omčikus and Kossa Bokshan left from [[Yugoslavia]] and definitely moves to [[Paris]]. Since [[1965]]. they occasionally stay in [[Vela Luka]] on [[Korčula]], where organized numerous international meetings of artists, philosophers and critics. He participated in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad.
Omčikus was born in [[Sušak, Rijeka]], at the time in the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes]]. Since 1937, Omčikus lived in [[Belgrade]]. After World War II, he began painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, in class of professor [[Ivan Tabaković]]. Together with his wife, painter [[Kossa Bokchan]], he left his studies in painting, went to [[Zadar]], and became one of the founders of the Zadar Group, where there were also [[Mića Popović]], [[Vera Božičković-Popović|Vera Božičković]], [[Milorad Bata Mihailović|Bata Mihailović]], [[Ljubinka Jovanović|Ljubinka Jovanovi]][[Milorad Bata Mihailović|ć]] and [[Milet Andrejevic|Mileta Andrejević.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajević |first=Slobodan |date=2015-11-05 |title=Zadar group |url=https://www.ius-trnavac.org/en/zadar-group/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=International Art Studio - Radovan Trnavac Mića |language=en-US}}</ref> After a six-month stay in Zadar, he returned to Belgrade where he joined the Group of Eleven, and had his first solo exhibition, hosted in 1951. Shortly after, in 1952, Petar Omčikus and Kossa Bokshan left from [[Yugoslavia]] and moved to [[Paris]]. Since 1965, they occasionally stayed in [[Vela Luka]] on [[Korčula]], where they organized numerous international meetings of artists, philosophers and critics.

He had solo exhibitions in Paris, Lille, Rome, Geneve, Podgorica, Novi Sad, Zagreb and elsewhere, also participating in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad. Omčikus was elected a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academician Petar Omčikus passes away |url=https://www.sanu.ac.rs/en/academican-petar-omcikus-passes-away/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.sanu.ac.rs}}</ref>


==Art==
==Art==
Beginnings of Omčikus creativity are related to several artists, all from the class of Ivana Tabaković, which is a few months together in Zadar 1947th making the first Yugoslav artistic commune - Zadar Group: Omčikus, his future wife Kossa Bokchan, Mića Popović, Vera Božičković, Bata Mihailović, Ljubinka Jovanović, Mileta Andrejević, Bora Grujić and their friend, student of literature Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz. Rise of the academic nature in the studio for the artists opened up new paths in which are free creativity will, in different ways, to remain during the whole of his creation. Omčikus in the [[1951]]st joins The Group of Eleven who encourages him to continue searching for their own creative paths, then still in the domain of poetic figuration after socialist realism. But the real turning point in his art was happened in Paris. Meeting with the abstract art of the time definitely Omčikus directed towards free expression, a move that he is not looking for reality but for individual style. Geometrized associative abstraction of the period but from the beginning of the seventh decade evolved into colorful gestural figuration, which has retained elements of his earlier term. In the later stages of the Omčikus thematisation painting on the portraits, drawings of Belgrade, fantastic realism, and sculpture.
The beginnings of Omčikus creativity are related to several artists, all from the class of Ivana Tabaković, which is a few months together in Zadar 1947 making the first Yugoslav artistic commune&nbsp;– Zadar Group: Omčikus, his future wife Kossa Bokchan, [[Mića Popović]], [[Vera Božičković]], [[Milorad Bata Mihailović|Bata Mihailović]], [[Ljubinka Jovanović]], [[Milet Andrejevic|Mileta Andrejević]], [[Bora Grujić]] and their friend, student of literature [[Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz]]. Rise of the academic nature in the studio for the artists opened up new paths in which are free creativity will, in different ways, to remain during the whole of his creation. Omčikus in the 1951 joins The Group of Eleven who encourages him to continue searching for their own creative paths, then still in the domain of poetic figuration after socialist realism. But the real turning point in his art happened in Paris. Meeting with the abstract art of the time definitely Omčikus directed towards free expression, a move that he is not looking for reality but for individual style. Geometrized associative abstraction of the period but from the beginning of the seventh decade evolved into colorful gestural figuration, which has retained elements of his earlier term. In the later stages of the Omčikus thematisation painting on the portraits, drawings of Belgrade, fantastic realism, and sculpture.


==Solo exhibitions (internationa selection)==
==Solo exhibitions (international selection)==
*[[1951]] Art Gallery ULUS, [[Belgrade]]
*1951 Art Gallery ULUS, [[Belgrade]]
*[[1955]] Galerie Arnaud, [[Paris]]
*1955 Galerie Arnaud, [[Paris]]
*[[1958]] Galerie Jeanne Bucher, [[Paris]]
*1958 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, [[Paris]]
*[[1962]] Galerie Formes, [[Lil]]
*1962 Galerie Formes Contemporaines, [[Lille]]
*[[1965]] Salon of Moderne Gallery, [[Belgrade]]
*1965 Salon of Moderne Gallery, [[Belgrade]]
*[[1972]] Grand Palais, [[Paris]]
*1972 Grand Palais, [[Paris]]
*[[1974]] Galleria 'IlGrifo', [[Rome]]
*1974 Galleria 'IlGrifo', [[Rome]]
*[[1976]] Galerie de Seine, [[Paris]]
*1976 Galerie de Seine, [[Paris]]
*[[1983]] Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
*1983 Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
*[[1985]] Galerie des Platanes, [[Genève]]
*1985 Galerie des Platanes, [[Genève]]
*[[1988]] Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
*1988 Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
*[[1989]] Museum of contemporary art, retrospective eyhibition, [[Belgrade]]
*1989 Museum of contemporary art, retrospective exhibition, [[Belgrade]]
*[[1992]] Maison de l'UNESCO, [[Paris]]
*1992 Maison de l'UNESCO, [[Paris]]
*[[1994]] Bibliothèque Universitaire, [[Nancy]]
*1994 Bibliothèque Universitaire, [[Nancy, France|Nancy]]
*[[1995]] Galerie René Descartes: 'Atelier Dedouvre', [[Paris]]
*1995 Galerie René Descartes: 'Atelier Dedouvre', [[Paris]]
*[[1996]] Galerie Plexus: 'Atelier Dedouvre', Chexbres (Switzerland)
*1996 Galerie Plexus: 'Atelier Dedouvre', Chexbres (Switzerland)
*[[1998]] Gallery SANU, [[Belgrade]]
*1998 Gallery SANU, [[Belgrade]]


==References (internationa selection)==
==References (international selection)==
*Michel Seuphor, Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, p.p. 235, Fernand Hazar, [[Paris]], [[1957]]
*Michel Seuphor, Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, p.p.&nbsp;235, Fernand Hazar, [[Paris]], 1957
*Luc Menaše, Evropski umetnostno zgodovinski leksikon, p.p. 1526, Mladinska knjiga, [[Ljubljana]], [[1971]]
*[[Luc Menaše]], Evropski umetnostno zgodovinski leksikon, p.p.&nbsp;1526, Mladinska knjiga, [[Ljubljana]], 1971
*George Boudaille, Pour un art d'expression. Pierre Omcikous, Les Lettres Françaises, [[Paris]], 3 mai, [[1972]]
*George Boudaille, Pour un art d'expression. Pierre Omcikous, Les Lettres Françaises, [[Paris]], 3 mai, 1972
*Gérald Gassiot Talabot, Omcikous, Opus International No 36, [[Paris]], juin [[1972]], p.p. 64-65
*Gérald Gassiot Talabot, Omcikous, Opus International No 36, [[Paris]], juin 1972, p.p.&nbsp;64-65
*Anne Tronche, Pierre Omcikous, Opus International No 61-61, [[Paris]], janvier-fevrier [[1977]], p.p. 108-109
*Anne Tronche, Pierre Omcikous, Opus International No 61-61, [[Paris]], janvier-fevrier 1977, p.p.&nbsp;108-109
*Georges Haldas, Un grand espace pour l'homme à propos de l'oeuvre de Pierre Omcikous, Repères, [[Genève]], No 8, [[1984]], p.p. 174-179
*Georges Haldas, Un grand espace pour l'homme à propos de l'oeuvre de Pierre Omcikous, Repères, [[Genève]], No 8, 1984, p.p.&nbsp;174-179

==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*Documentation Museum of contemporary art, [[Belgrade]]
*Documentation Museum of Contemporary Art, [[Belgrade]]
*Petar Omčikus, monograph, Gallery SANU, [[Belgrade]], [[1998]]
*Petar Omčikus, monograph, Gallery of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, [[Belgrade]], 1998


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Latest revision as of 19:56, 31 October 2024

Petar Omčikus
Born(1926-10-06)6 October 1926
Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died26 April 2019(2019-04-26) (aged 92)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Known forPainter

Petar Omčikus (French: Pierre Omcikous; Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Омчикус; 6 October 1926 – 26 April 2019) was a Serbian painter and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, who lived and worked in Paris, France.[1]

Biography

[edit]

Omčikus was born in Sušak, Rijeka, at the time in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Since 1937, Omčikus lived in Belgrade. After World War II, he began painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, in class of professor Ivan Tabaković. Together with his wife, painter Kossa Bokchan, he left his studies in painting, went to Zadar, and became one of the founders of the Zadar Group, where there were also Mića Popović, Vera Božičković, Bata Mihailović, Ljubinka Jovanović and Mileta Andrejević.[2] After a six-month stay in Zadar, he returned to Belgrade where he joined the Group of Eleven, and had his first solo exhibition, hosted in 1951. Shortly after, in 1952, Petar Omčikus and Kossa Bokshan left from Yugoslavia and moved to Paris. Since 1965, they occasionally stayed in Vela Luka on Korčula, where they organized numerous international meetings of artists, philosophers and critics.

He had solo exhibitions in Paris, Lille, Rome, Geneve, Podgorica, Novi Sad, Zagreb and elsewhere, also participating in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad. Omčikus was elected a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2015.[3]

Art

[edit]

The beginnings of Omčikus creativity are related to several artists, all from the class of Ivana Tabaković, which is a few months together in Zadar 1947 making the first Yugoslav artistic commune – Zadar Group: Omčikus, his future wife Kossa Bokchan, Mića Popović, Vera Božičković, Bata Mihailović, Ljubinka Jovanović, Mileta Andrejević, Bora Grujić and their friend, student of literature Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz. Rise of the academic nature in the studio for the artists opened up new paths in which are free creativity will, in different ways, to remain during the whole of his creation. Omčikus in the 1951 joins The Group of Eleven who encourages him to continue searching for their own creative paths, then still in the domain of poetic figuration after socialist realism. But the real turning point in his art happened in Paris. Meeting with the abstract art of the time definitely Omčikus directed towards free expression, a move that he is not looking for reality but for individual style. Geometrized associative abstraction of the period but from the beginning of the seventh decade evolved into colorful gestural figuration, which has retained elements of his earlier term. In the later stages of the Omčikus thematisation painting on the portraits, drawings of Belgrade, fantastic realism, and sculpture.

Solo exhibitions (international selection)

[edit]
  • 1951 Art Gallery ULUS, Belgrade
  • 1955 Galerie Arnaud, Paris
  • 1958 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
  • 1962 Galerie Formes Contemporaines, Lille
  • 1965 Salon of Moderne Gallery, Belgrade
  • 1972 Grand Palais, Paris
  • 1974 Galleria 'IlGrifo', Rome
  • 1976 Galerie de Seine, Paris
  • 1983 Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
  • 1985 Galerie des Platanes, Genève
  • 1988 Galerie Plexus, Chexbres (Switzerland)
  • 1989 Museum of contemporary art, retrospective exhibition, Belgrade
  • 1992 Maison de l'UNESCO, Paris
  • 1994 Bibliothèque Universitaire, Nancy
  • 1995 Galerie René Descartes: 'Atelier Dedouvre', Paris
  • 1996 Galerie Plexus: 'Atelier Dedouvre', Chexbres (Switzerland)
  • 1998 Gallery SANU, Belgrade

References (international selection)

[edit]
  • Michel Seuphor, Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, p.p. 235, Fernand Hazar, Paris, 1957
  • Luc Menaše, Evropski umetnostno zgodovinski leksikon, p.p. 1526, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1971
  • George Boudaille, Pour un art d'expression. Pierre Omcikous, Les Lettres Françaises, Paris, 3 mai, 1972
  • Gérald Gassiot Talabot, Omcikous, Opus International No 36, Paris, juin 1972, p.p. 64-65
  • Anne Tronche, Pierre Omcikous, Opus International No 61-61, Paris, janvier-fevrier 1977, p.p. 108-109
  • Georges Haldas, Un grand espace pour l'homme à propos de l'oeuvre de Pierre Omcikous, Repères, Genève, No 8, 1984, p.p. 174-179

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Preminuo Petar Omčikus". SEEcult. April 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Rajević, Slobodan (2015-11-05). "Zadar group". International Art Studio - Radovan Trnavac Mića. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  3. ^ "Academician Petar Omčikus passes away". www.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 2024-06-15.

Sources

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  • Documentation Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
  • Petar Omčikus, monograph, Gallery of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, 1998
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