Vuk Karadžić

Đorđe Jovanović (1861 - 1953) was one of the first Serbian educated sculptors. He acquired his knowledge at academies in Vienna, Munich and Paris. He was one of the founders of the Association of Serbian Artists Lada and a member of the Serbian Royal Academy. In addition to numerous public monuments, a large part of his sculptural opus consists of realistically shaped portraits, busts, medals and plaques. He made a bronze plaque of Vuk Karadžić during his stay in Paris in 1894. Đorđe Jovanović also authors the Monument to Vuk Karadžić in Belgrade. The initiative for the erection of this monument was launched in 1920 by the Serbian Literary Association. The monument was cast in 1932 and erected in 1937 just before the centenary of Vuk's birth.