wounded wounded serbian latin title nearly identical compositions artist depicting wounded youth surrounded peasants traditional clothing likely ottoman war rendering garnered praise critics won place prize annual art exhibition vienna given success granted austro hungarian government scholarship entered contract london produce series paintings balkan life art historians consider wounded best works went complete versions composition ensuing decades oil paintings currently display gallery second private collections fourth housed belgrade description original oil painting measures centimetres shows muscular wounded youth surrounded peasants humble single room dwelling peasants wear hand shirts rough leather shoes stand dirt floor background collection eating hang makeshift shelf youth arms shaved headed warrior surrounded pair heavily armed men nearby light haired girl quietly right figures stands grief stricken old man surrounded number figures folk attire far right figures seen standing shadows artist signature rendered found right composed total versions wounded oil paintings sketch distinguishes rendering subsequent versions size largest far detailed precision artist removal figures seen lingering shadows original second version oil painting measures centimetres artist signature seen right rendition sketch measuring centimetres artist signature right fourth version oil painting measures centimetres artist signature seen right assign titles works felt painting composed viewers able title majority artist works referred number different titles wounded appears titles wounded history background prominent serbian painters late 19th century early career came identified painting depicting scenes balkans control ottoman_empire attended vienna came painting instructors taught young underlying structural principles renaissance baroque art helping better understand spatial problems arrangement large numbers figures moving static encouraged naturalist approach painting recording relying little possible imagination context instructed direct studies balkan life visits home purposely steering painting works exotic life middle_east north_africa balkans popular art collectors late 19th early 20th centuries time wounded composition events balkans making headline news european capitals decades fought lost ottoman war followed decade peace ottomans prompted montenegro serbia declare war ottoman_empire sparking great eastern crisis wars ended treaty berlin occasional cross border continued early 1880s specified likely painting set ottoman war composed famous version studying sold merchant named vienna later year months sold painting casino world war came possession yugoslav embassy gifted gallery permanent display inventory code second version wounded composed initially owned london art dealer coming possession salon entered private collection remained private ownership auctioned housed museum rome sold currently private collection version composed private collection fourth painted 1920s private collection world war war confiscated communists following death yugoslav leader display currently display inventory code analysis line advice avoided creating sentimental work focused instead depicting characters situations observed time balkans painting paintings day based travel accounts hand experience art historian notes grouping figures interactions reminiscent images body christ right half scene shadow brightly illuminated left principal figures located appears expand viewer directs viewer eye left right foreground background circular pattern diagonal lines peasants swords line teachings light colour adds touches bright red warmth movement scene making appear viewer varied ranging smooth broad strokes define walls quick short ones appear like figures motion praises handling linear aerial perspective notes work devoid studio contrived quality paintings argues main goal depict particular historical event remind audience balkan peoples ongoing struggle provide human face engaged struggle reception legacy painting shown public annual student exhibition exhibited works produced academic year received art critics peers judged exhibition finest work bestowed place prize received austro hungarian government scholarship exact accorded artist disputed curator writes scholarship amounted art historians state scholarship amounted triumph student exhibition subsequent scholarship gave means travel summer holidays came number ideas future paintings fencing lesson winning prize established respected painter works set stage recognition success entered contract london produce series paintings balkan life contract assured life long financial security art historians consider wounded best works calls achievement artist studies went paint number pieces notably snake
The Wounded Montenegrin