Novak Radonić

Novak Radonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Радонић; 1826–1890) was a Serbian painter. In addition to religious themes and historical compositions, he also painted portraits in which he reached the highest peaks. As a visual chronicler of Serbian civil society, with an exceptional feeling for the characteristics of the character, he left a whole gallery of portraits of friends and distinguished contemporaries. A special unit of his consists of self-portraits in which he gives a romantic analysis of the subjects own character and mental condition. The encounter with the works of the greats of Italian Renaissance painting conceived doubts in his own artistic possibilities which led him to the final abandonment of painting. He was born in Mol and died in Sremska Kamenica. Radonić, Pavle Simić, and Đura Jakšić were the culmination of Serbian Romanticism.