Janko Mihailović Moler (in Cyrillic Serbian: Јанко Михаиловић Молер; Negrišori, Ottoman Empire, 1792 - Negrišori, Principality of Serbia, 1853) was a Serbian priest and artist. He was an icon and portrait painter.
Biography
editHe is known for painting the icons of the iconostasis of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Ježevica Monastery,[1] the Orthodox church in Guča,[2] the church of Žiča monastery, the monastery and the wooden church of Dobroselica, on the Zlatibor mountains.[3] With his son Sreten Protić, he painted the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Bjeluša, near Arilje, in 1831, and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Gorobilje.[4] He also did the portrait of Nikifor Maksimović, the founder of the Sretenje monastery near Čačak.[5]
He is also credited with the coat of arms of the Obrenović dynasty, which adorns the façade of Jovan Obrenović's konak in Čačak.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vujović, Branko (1986). Umetnost obnovljene Srbije 1791-1848. Prosveta. ISBN 9788607000777.
- ^ "The Church in Guca | Tourist Organisation of Dragacevo".
- ^ "Log cabin church in Dobroselica - Zlatibor".
- ^ "Recueil des travaux du Musée national". 1977.
- ^ Рајић, Делфина; Тимотијевић, Милош (2004). Манастири Овчарско-Кабларске клисуре. Народни музеј. ISBN 9788684067038.
- ^ https://www.cacakmuzej.org.rs/files/Vodic_Engleski.pdf [bare URL PDF]