Mario Maskareli
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| Mario Maskareli | |
 Self-portrait (1952) |
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| Born | October 20, 1918 Cetinje, Montenegro |
| Died | August 26, 1996 (aged 77) Risan, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Field | Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Scenography, Interior Design |
| Training | Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade |
| Works | Veliko iščekivanje (The Great Expectation) (1953) Ktitor (The Founder) (1957) |
Mario Maskareli (Serbian Cyrillic: Марио Маскарели) (Cetinje, 20th October 1918 – Risan, 26th August 1996), a Yugoslav painter, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Department of Painting in 1951, with Professor Nedeljko Gvozdenović. In 1951 he attended a specialized course in graphic art with Professor Boško Karanović. He spent the academic year 1950/51 teaching at the Applied Arts School in Herceg-Novi.
He was the member of the following groups: Samostalni (The Independent), Beogradska grupa (Belgrade Group) and Lada. He went on study tours to Greece, Italy, France, Belgium and Netherlands.
He exhibited for the first time in 1948. During his artistic career, he was engaged in painting, and graphic art, illustration, scenography, interior design and organization of cultural events.
He won several prizes and awards, among which are the Prize for Painting at the 5th October Salon in Belgrade (1961), the Golden Pen of Belgrade for the illustration of poetry (1973) and the First Prize for Painting at the 14th Winter Salon at Herceg-Novi (1981).
His works can be found in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, The Gallery of Fine Arts - Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić in Novi Sad, the National Museum of Montenegro at Cetinje and other collections both at home and abroad. He lived and worked in Belgrade and Prčanj.
His paternal half-brother Bruno Mascarelli (hr:Bruno Mascarelli) is also a painter.
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[edit] External links
- (Serbian) Art Gallery Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić, Novi Sad
- Mario Maskareli at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] Further reading
- Miodrag Pavlović, Mario i ekspresionisti. Uz slikarsku biografiju Marija Maskarelija (Mario and the Expressionists. A Contribution to the Artistic Biography of Mario Maskareli), Letopis Matice srpske 157, 427, 6, Novi Sad, jun 1981, 981–920.
- Petar Petrović, "A Word about the Drawings of Mario Maskareli", in: Mario Maskareli. Crteži (Mario Maskareli. Drawings), KC „Jadran Art“, Perast, 2004, [9]-[10].
- Lidija Merenik, Ljiljana Ćinkul, Draginja Maskareli, Mario Maskareli. Mala retrospektiva: grafike i crteži/Mario Maskareli. A Small Retrospective: Prints and Drawings, Galerija Grafički kolektiv, Beograd, 2005. ISBN 86-7726-010-2
- Mario Maskareli. Grafike (Mario Maskareli. Engravings), Galerija likovne umetnosti Poklon zbirka Rajka Mamuzića, Novi Sad, 2007. ISBN 978-86-85365-14-0
