Oste Erceg

Oste Erceg (Serbian: [Осте Ерцег]; born 23 March 1947) is a Bosnian Serb painter from Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Oste Erceg
Photo of Oste Erceg by Neven Djenadija (2013).
Born
Oste Erceg

(1947-03-23)23 March 1947
Gornji Rakani, Novi Grad, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
EducationBoško Karanović
Known forPainting, drawing,
Notable workCherry (1980), Dawn in Rakani (1988), Rough horizon (2006), Sooty horn (2010), Father (2008)
AwardsPurchase awards at Novi Grad Art Salon in 1987. 1988. and in 1989.
Patron(s)Lazar Drljaca, Stojan Celic, Djoko Mazalic

Life

Erceg was born in Gornji Rakani, where he attended elementary and high school, graduating in 1966. He started painting in 1967, while attending the College of Textile - Chemical School in Zagreb, from which he graduated in 1972. Beginning in 1973, Erceg worked as an engineer in a textile industry. In 1986, he enrolled in a painting course at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, which he attended until 1990.

Work

Erceg is notable for producing all his work as fingerpainting. His work focuses largely on his homeland of Gornji Rakani, and his memories of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His oeuvre comprises 300 works, of which 100 have been sold to collectors from Australia to the Americas.

Reception

In her book Slikano perom art historian Danka Damjanović describes Erceg as a painter who developed his talent and style in isolation from other artists, who paints with emotion and expression as a means of cleansing and self-realization.[1]

Academician Enver Mandžić attributes Erceg's sense of color to his training as a textile dyeing engineer.[2] On Erceg's portraiture, Mandžić says "In every one of his portraits, we can discover those deep emotional traits that are immortalized in the spirit of artists and models."[2]

Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions

Awards
  • 2018 5th International exhibition "Moslavina miniatures" Croatia - One of three equal awards.
  • Soopy horn, 2010th, oil on cardboard, Owner: Private gallery "GM" Tuzla
    Soopy horn, 2010th, oil on cardboard, Owner: Private gallery "GM" Tuzla
  • Supetar on Brac, 1987th, oil on cardboard, Owners: Davor Rukavina and Tatjana Rukavina Erceg
    Supetar on Brac, 1987th, oil on cardboard, Owners: Davor Rukavina and Tatjana Rukavina Erceg

Personal

Erceg is married and lives in Novi Grad. He has two daughters and owns a jewelry shop in Kostajnica.

References
  1. Damjanovic, Danka (2000). Slikano perom [Painted with feather]. Banja Luka Art Academy. p. 153.
  2. Mandžić, Evnver (2006). "Paintings exhibition of Oste Erceg". The Bulletin of the Bosnian Cultural Center in Tuzla.

Further reading

Newspaper articles
  • Oslobodjenje (12 March 2000, page 13) "Strange World Oste Erceg"
  • Glas Srpski (12 April 2000, page 14) "Cross anxiety"
  • Glas Srpski (7 April 2006, page 19) "Portraits painted with love"
  • Oslobodjenje (15 June 2006, page 24) "Pictures Oste Erceg"
  • Blic (13 January 2012, page 28) "Unusual artist Oste Erceg creates fingers"
  • Glas Srpski (2 February 1994, page 9) "Exhibition of Oste Erceg"
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