Miodrag Živković (sculptor)

Miodrag Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Живковић; 1928 – 31 July 2020) was a Serbian sculptor^[1] and university professor. He is well-known for his work on memorial complexes throughout Yugoslavia.

Miodrag Živković Миодраг Живковић
Photo of Živković in front of one of his sculptures
Born	(1928-02-01)1 February 1928 Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	31 July 2020(2020-07-31) (aged 92) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Education	Academy of Applied Arts
Known for	Sculpture
Notable work	Tjentište The Interrupted Flight Kadinjača Memorial Complex

Biography

Živković was born in Leskovac. After moving to Belgrade with his family in 1944, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1952.^[1] After working as an arts teaching instructor in Mladenovac and Novi Beograd, he was employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts within the University of Arts in Belgrade, becoming Dean in 1974, a position he occupied until 1977. From 1977 to 1984 he was head of the Faculty's sculpture department. From 1991 to 1996 he was again Dean of the Faculty.^[1]

He died in Belgrade on 31 July 2020.^[2]

Works

Outside of academia, Živković is known as the creator of a number of sculptures throughout the territory of the Former Yugoslavia and abroad, including the following:

• "Broken Wings", Kragujevac, Serbia (1963)^[3][4]
• Monument to the Martirs of the Federación Obrera de Magallanes (FOM), Punta Arenas, Chile (1968)
• Monument to Yugoslav Immigrants, Punta Arenas, Chile (1970)
• Valley of Heroes, Tjentište, Bosnia & Herzegovina (1971)^[5][6]
• Monument to Fallen Fighters, Priština, Kosovo (1971)^[7]
• Monumental Crypt, Gonars, Italy (1973)^[8]
• Memorial Park "Uprising and Revolution", Grahovo, Montenegro (1978)^[9]
• Kadinjača Memorial Complex, near Užice, Serbia (1952–1979)^[10]
• "Freedom", Ulcinj, Montenegro (1985)
• Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, New Belgrade, Serbia (1994)^[11]

Gallery

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  Monument of Brotherhood and Unity in Priština, 1961
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  The Interrupted Flight is a part of Šumarice Memorial Park dedicated to the hundreds of children murdered by German Nazis on 21 October 1941 in Kragujevac massacre, 1963
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  Monument dedicated to Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Loznica 1964
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  Monument dedicated to Milovan Glišić, Valjevo 1968
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  Kadinjača complex near Užice, 1979
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  Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, located in New Belgrade