Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak

Dragutin Inkiostri-Medenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак; 1866–1942) was a Serbian painter,^[1] collector of folk ornaments and handicrafts,^[2] and is considered the first interior designer in Serbia. In 1912, he was put in charge of designing the interior of the House of Vuk's Foundation.^[3][4]

Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak Драгутин Инкиостри Медењак
Born	Carlo Inkiostri Карло Инкиостри (1866-10-18)18 October 1866 Split, Austrian Empire
Died	16 September 1942(1942-09-16) (aged 75) Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Known for	Painting

He was born in Split as Carlo Inchiostri. After settling down in Belgrade, he changed his name to Dragutin and added his mother's surname. Following studies in Florence, he travelled through Serbia and the rest of Yugoslavia. Inkiostri Medenjak wrote his chief work Moja teorija o dekorativnoj srpskoj umetnosti i njenoj primeni in 1925.

Gallery

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  Orao i gusle ("Eagle and Gusle"), 1912
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  Osvećeno Kosovo ("Sanctified Kosovo"), 1914. Privatno vlasništvo. Umetnička zbirka porodice Popović, Novi Sad.
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  Bijeli Orao ("White Eagle"), 1922
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  I. Jugoslovanski vsesokolski zlet v Ljubljani ("First Yugoslav all-Sokol slet in Ljubljana"), 1922
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  "Jadranska straža" (Adriatic guard), 1930
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  Jugoslavija na Jadranu ("Yugoslavia at the Adriatic"), 1935

See also

• List of painters from Serbia