Milena Pavlović-Barili

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Milena Pavlović-Barili (alt. Barilli) (1909-1945) (Милена Павловић-Барили) was a Serbian painter and poet, born on November 5, 1909 in Požarevac, Serbia, and died on March 6, 1945 in New York City, state of New York, United States of America. Her father was an influential merchant and composer, her mother studied art. She studied at the Royal school of arts in Belgrade, Serbia, but was influenced by many western schools and artists. The topics of her work varied from portraits to imaginative interpretations of biblical stories. The motifs often included dream-like situations, veils, angels, statues of Venus goddess, and Harlequins. Many of her works are parts of permanent exhibitions in Rome, New York Belgrade Museum of Modern Art, and her hometown of Požarevac, where the house in which she was born has been converted into a museum in her honor.