Just like European nature protection series, 'Art' is traditional edition of Serbian post, that exsisted in Yugoslavian philately as well. These stamps usualy dedicated some anniversaries. They are mostly about Serbian art and artists, but there are also some stamps about great minds of world's art. Also, these stamps related to different types of arts: painting, sculpture, literature, music, architecture - and various periods, movements and styles.
Since 2012 these stamps always have insript 'Уметност' / 'Umetnost'.
2006.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The stamp was issued for 250 years since the birth of great composer. The stamp depicts one of the most famous portaits of Mozart, painted by Barbara Krafft in 1819, with the notes in the backgound and Mozart's signature on the left.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). The stamp was issued for 400 years since the birth of the painter. It depicts the painting "Self-portrait at the Age of 34" painted in 1640. Rembrandt's signature is added on the left.
2007. (all dedicated to painters)
Đura Jakšić (1832-1878), 175 years since the birth (20 RSD stamp). Đura Jakšić is one the most important Serbian poets and artists, one of the leaders of Serbian Romanticism. The stamp depicts one of his most famous paintings, which has different names: 'The Rest after the Battle', 'Karaula' ('Guardhouse'), 'Lookout during night' or 'After the Battle'. The painting, which was painted in 1876, is based on a story about five guards who came around the fire to take a rest after they were defending their guardhouse from the Ottomans' attack.
Uroš Predić (1857-1953), 150 years since the birth (46 RSD stamp). Uroš Predić was Serbian painter and one of the most important representatives of realism in Serbian art history. The stamp shows the painting 'Boy in front of the shop window' from 1879.
Frida Khalo (1907-1954), 100 years since the birth (46 RSD stamp). This famous artist from Mexico is well known for her self-portraits and the stamps depicts 'Self-portrait with small monkey' from 1945.
2008. Predrag Peđa Milosavljević (1908-1987), 100 years since the birth. Peđa Milosavljević was Serbian painter, lawyer and diplomat. He was awarded multiple times for his artwork. 20 RSD stamp depicts painting 'The Cluny museum in Paris' and 46 RSD stamp depicts painting 'Notre Dame in Paris'.
2009. (all dedicated to painters)
Jovan Bijelić (1884-1964), 125 years since birth (46 RSD stamp). Bijelić was Serbian and Yugoslavian painter, one of the most important representatvies of color expressionsm in Yugoslavia. The stamp depicts the painting 'Still life with the parrot'.
Paja Jovanović (1859-1957), 150 years since birth (46 RSD stamp). Jovanović is one of the most important painters in history of Serbian art and probably the most notable painter of domestic realism. The stamp depicts the painting 'Young woman in a pink dress'.
2011. (all dedicated to artists)
Katarina Ivanović (1811-1882), 200 years since birth (22 RSD stamp). Katarina Ivanović was one only three female painters in 19th century in Serbia. Also, she was the first woman who painted historical compostion and portrait of another woman in Serbian art history. She painted 38 paintings in total. The stamp depicts Ivanović's 'Self-portrait'.
Uroš Knežević (1811-1876), 200 years since birth (33 RSD stamp). Knežević is part of the group of a few Serbian painters born on the teritory of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, but who came to Serbia and stayed here. He was well known for his portraits and his works 'track' civil society in Serbia in 19th century. The stamp depicts the painting 'Portrait of woman in folk clothes'.
Đorđe Jovanović (1861-1953), 150 years since birth (44 RSD stamp). Jovanović was one the first educated sculpors in Serbia. He created numorous busts, stutes and medals. He received multiple awards, including the ones from World's fairs. The stamp depicts Jovanović's 'Self-portrait'.
Bora Baruh (1311-1942), 100 years since birth (66 RSD stamp). Baruh was painter and lawyer. He got art education in Belgrade and Paris. He was carrying out revolutionary acitivities, spreading comunist propaganda between the world wars, so he was often arrested. During the Second world war he was captured by Germans and shot. The stamp depicts painting 'Self-portrait with wife and son'.
2012. Architecture
Department store in Belgrade (22 RSD stamp). This building represents the most successful and most pure example of Secession architecture in Belgrade. It was built in 1907, in those days main trade street, according to the plans of architect Victor Azriel. It was built for Bencion Buli, famous banker and representative, as the first modern department store in Belgrade, completely different from traditional stores. It was a little miracle in Belgrade in those times, because of the wall build of metal and glass, with enterier inspired by Paris architecture. The building was preserved and today there is located a big coffee shop.
Telephone exchange building in Belgrade (33 RSD stamp). The architectural design for this building was made by the architect Branko Tanazević, the most prominent representative of the national style in Serbian architecture in the first half of the 19th century. It is considered that Tenezović created Serbian version of Secession in his workds, including this building, by using decorative elements based on the medival Moravian School style. The construction of the building started in 1908, and the telephone exchange started working in 1910. It was the first object for that purpose in Serbia. Since the number of offices did not satisfy the needs of the postal and telegraph service, the officials proposed an additional floor to be constructed in 1919. The building was finished in 1925 and has kept its shape until today.
100 years of City hall in Subotica (55 RSD stamp). Subotica is the northern city in Serbia. Since it was part of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, it was city of Secession. Today’s City Hall is the third built on the same location. In 1902 Karolj Biro became mayor of Subotica. Some of the most important city buildings from the beginning of the 19th century were built under his supervision. An open competition for the construction of the City Hall was annoinced in 1906. One of the conditions of the competition related to the construction style which had to be baroque in the honour of the Habsburg Empress, Maria Theresa, because the city enjoyed the free royal city status bestowed upon it by the Empress. The first prize at the competition won architects from Budapest, Marcel Komor and Deže Jakab. The City Hall was finished in 1912. as an omen of the New Age, and administration house in the service of the citizens. It's rich Secessionist decoration was inspired by folklore motifs of embroidered parts of national costumes and architecture from Transilvania.
2013. (all dedicated to importnant anniversaries in classical music)
Oskar Danon - 100 years since birth (1913-2009), (22 RSD stamp) - Serbian and Yugoslav conductor and composer, a member of Academy of Science and Arts of Bosnia and Hezegovina.
Richard Wagner - 200 years since birth (1813-1883), (46 RSD stamp) - one of the greatest German composers and creators of operas. Beside Wagner's portrait, the stamp depicts musical notations for operas 'Tristan and Isolde' and 'The Flying Dutchman'.
Giuseppe Verdi - 200 years since birth (1813-1901), (50 RSD stamp) - one of the greatest Italian composers of all times. The stamp depicts his portrait and musical notation for opera 'La Traviata'.
2014. (all dedicated to importnant anniversaries in literature)
150 years since birth of Branislav Nušić (1864-1938), (22 RSD stamp) - one of the greatest Serbian writers, especially known for his comedies.
200 years since birth of Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), (46 RSD stamp) - Russian romantic writer and poet. On the stamp, beside the portarait of Lermontov is depicted his novel 'Hero of our times'.
450 years since birth of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), (50 RSD stamp).
2015. (two anniversaries in art)
125 years since the birth of Petar Dobrović (23 RSD stamp), Serbian painter (1890-1942). The stamp depicts his painting 'Street in Amsterdam'.
200 years since the birth of Dimitrije Avramović (70 RSD stamp), Serbian painter and writer (1815-1855). The stamp depicts his work 'Prince Lazar's dining room / dome of Manasija'.
2016. (This year the Art edition was dedicated to various art anniversaries and it was issued in the form of a booklet. Every stamp depicts the artist and a symbol of the art he belongs to.)
225 years since the birth of Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791-1847), Serbian poet.
175 years since the birth of Laza Kostić (1841-1910), Serbian writer, one of the most important representatives of romanticism in Serbian literature. On the stamp are also depicted the church Santa Maria della Salute in Venice and portrait of Lenka Dunđerski. 'Santa Maria della Salute' is one Kostić's most important songs and it was inspired by Kostić's love Lenka Dunđerski.
125 years since the birth of Stanislav Vinaver (1891-1955), Serbian writer, on of the most important representatives of avant-garde in Serbian literature.
125 years since the birth of Tin Ujević (1891-1955), one of the most important Yugoslavian and Croatian poets.
125 years since the birth of Mihail Bulgakov (1891-1940), Russian writer. On the stamp, next to Bulgakov is depicted the cat - Behemoth, character from Bulgakov's novel 'The Master and Margarita'.
125 years since the birth of Lajos Zilahy (1891-1974), Hungarian writer, one of the most prominent Hungarian autrhors of the 20th century. On the stamp is also depicted quote from his book 'The Soul Extinguished'.
150 years since the birth of Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Russian painter, one of the most important representatives of Expressionsim movement.
175 years since the birth of Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Czech composer and conductor of Romantic music. On the stamp is also depicted music sheet for the 'Symphony no. 9' ('Symphony of the New World').
2017. (Similar like the previous year, this edition selected some anniversaries, issued in the form of booklet, with the stamps that depict the artist and a symbol of the art he belongs to.)
275 years since the birth of Dositej Obradović (1742-1811), writer, linguist and educational reformer He was representative of the Enlightenment movement. The philosophical background of his programme was the Enlightenment rationalism, adapted to the practical needs of Serbian people. In 1808 he established the Higher School in Belgrade (University today) and the Seminar in 1810. He was the first minister of education in Serbia.
225 years since the birth of Haji Nikola Živković (Haji-Neimar) (1792-1870), manager of all constructions built during the rule of Prince Miloš. According to this role, he is considered to be the first Serbian architect. On the stamp behind his portrait is depicted the Residence of Princess Ljubica, which was contructed by Haji Neimar. The Residence of Princess Ljubica and The Residence of Princ Miloš in Topčider are two representative buildings of the transitory type from Oriental to Occidental (West European) architecture in Belgrade and Serbia.
200 years since the birth of Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), the first Serbian lithographer and one of the first Serbian photographers. He is famous for making talbotype portraits of prominent people. In Vienna, he was the first artist ever to make stereoscopic images. He made more than 200 lithographic images and over 800 photographs of people and events from the Serbian history, and made designs for the first Serbian post stamps. On this stamp he is portraited with his objective 'Joseph Petzval’s objective – Model 3'.
150 years since the birth of Vasa Eškićević (1867-1933), Serbian painter and drawing teacher. He painted in the style of academic realism with the elements of expressionism.
125 years since the birth of Milutin Bojić (1892-1917), Serbian poet. He participated in the First World War and died on the Thessaloniki front, leaving his works about Serbian loses in the War.
125 years since the birth of Ivo Andrić (1892-1975), Yugoslavian and Serbian writer and diplomat. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. The Nobel Committee cited "the epic force with which he ... traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from his country's history".
2018. (Literature anniversaries - in the form of a booklet and two rows of se-tenant stamps with connections through books)
200 years since the birth of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883), the most important representative of Russian realism, a short story writer and novelist.
175 years since the birth of Kosta Trifković (1843-1875), Serbian writer and one of the best comediographers of the time.
150 years since the birth of Maksim Gorky (1868-1936), one of the greatest Russian writers.
150 years since the birth of Aleksa Šantić (1868-1924), Serbian poet of patriotism, but also of emotional pain.
125 years since the birth of Miloš Crnjanski (1893-1977), one of the greatest Serbian writers of the 20th century, representative of the post-war modernists in Serbian literature, winner of the NIN award for the best novel (the greatest literary award in Yugoslavia and Serbia) in 1971 for 'A Novel of London'.
100 years since the birth of Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), a Russian writer, Nobel Prize winner and dissident, who was also a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
2019. (Art anniversaries - in the form of a booklet)
125 years since the birth of Zora Petrović (1894-1962), painter. On the stamp is represented her work 'Girl from Skopska Crna Gora' (1952).
125 years since the birth of Risto Stijović (1894-1974), sculptor. The stamp depicts his work 'Torso of a Girl' (1971).
125 years since the birth of Dušan Janković (1894-1950), artist, architect and designer. The stamp depicts his drawing 'Paris' (1926).
125 years since the birth of Ivan Radović (1894-1973), painter. On the stamp you can see his painting 'Landscape with round tree tops' (1922).
150 years since the birth of Henry Matisse (1869-1954), one of the gratest artists of the 20th century, who set the Fauvism art movement. The stamp depicts his painting 'By the Window' (1918).
2020. (modern artists)
Petar Dobrović (1890-1942), 130 years since birth. He was one of the most important painters belonging to the 20th century civic modernism movement. The stamp depicts his painting 'Old Bepo' (1940).
Kosta Bogdanović (1930-2012), 90 years since birth. He was sculptor and art historian and theoretician. The stamp depicts his work 'Home Organ' (2008).
Leonid Šejka (1932-1970), 50 years since the death. Šeka was artist and art theoritician. The stamp depicts his work 'Museum exibition' (1956).
2021.
125 years since the birth of Sava Šumanović (1896-1942).Šumanović was one of the most important Serbian painters of all time, tragically murdered by Ustashas during the occupation of Serbia. The stamp depicts his painting 'Pickers-Evenke' from 1939.
100 years since the birth of Zoran Petrović (1921-1996), Serbian and Yugolavian artist. The stamp depicts his painting 'A Guest Hates Another Guest, and the Host Hates Both', from his cycle 'Folk Proverbs', 1955.
2022. Achitecture – The Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade
The Bajrakli Mosque is the main Islamic cultural centre in Belgrade. It is a one-room building with a dome and minaret, built around 1522. It was originally called the Čohadži Mosque, after the endowment donor, the baize merchant, Hadži Alija. After the renovation in 1741, it was called Hussein-bey’s mosque for some time, and at the end of the 18th century it was named Bajrakli-mosque, after the flag that stood out on it as a sign for the simultaneous beginning of prayer in all mosques. The architecture of the mosque belongs to the type of one-room cubic building with a square base, with an octagonal dome supported by eastern subdome arches and niches - trompes, with modest console decoration and a minaret. It is built of stone, with massive walls with few openings. The interior decoration of the mosque is modest, with rare stylized floral and geometrized motifs and calligraphic inscriptions of verses from the Koran on the walls. Due to its antiquity, rarity, preservation of its original purpose, as well as the representativeness of religious architecture and Islamic culture, the mosque was placed under state protection as a cultural monument in 1946, and in 1979 was declared a cultural asset of great importance.
2023. (anniversaries of art institutions)
50 years since the establishment of the University of Arts in Belgrade. The Academy of Arts was formed in 1957 as Association of Higher Art Schools – Academy of Music (founded in 1937), Academy of Fine Arts (founded in 1937), Academy of Applied Arts (founded in 1948) and Academy of Theater Arts (founded in 1948, into which the Higher School of Film Acting and Directing was integrated in 1950). In 1973 the Academy of Arts grew into the University of Arts, which consists of four faculties: the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Applied Arts and Design, and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Since its establishment, the University of Arts in Belgrade, as the leading institution for art education in Serbia and the region, has played a key role in shaping the art scene in Serbia and is one of the foundations on which Belgrade has built its reputation as a creative center and capital of culture.
100 years since the founding of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. Stevan Hristić, оne of the most important Serbian composers and conductors, formed an orchestra from musicians of the National Theater Opera, teachers of Belgrade music schools and several amateurs, which, under the name of the Belgrade Philharmonic, held its first concert on June 13, 1923. The 100-year long history of the Philharmonic consists of a diverse musical repertoire performed on stages all over the world, 620 musicians who have spent their working lives there since the archive has been continuously maintained (1951), 16 artistic directors, numerous guest conductors and musicians – the world’s most famous names in music art, but also enthusiastic audiences on all continents. The Belgrade Philharmonic entered the new millennium under the leadership of Ivan Tasovac after several difficult years at the end of the last century. He has returned this ensemble to the very top of the world’s orchestras and among one of the most successful cultural institutions in the country and region. Tge stamp depicts a violin, emblem of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and the portrait of Ivan Tasovac.
70 years since the establishment of the Gallery of the Central Military Club. The Gallery of the Central Military Club is located in the monumental building of the palace of the former Military Home, today the Central Military Club. The initiative to establish the Gallery was initiated in 1945 by the well-known fine artist and founder of the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Branko Šotra. Since the beginning of the Gallery’s work in 1953, numerous themed exhibitions of Yugoslav artists have been organized, dedicated to the revolution and the national liberation struggle, but artists have also organized independent exhibitions without thematic restrictions. This type of activity of the Gallery had a direct impact on the formation of the Art Collection, for which works were acquired through purchases, gifts, in exchange with institutions, and sometimes through the engagement of fine artists.
2025. - announced:
100 years since the birth of Zuzana Chalupova
100 years since the birth of Janika Balasz
