Kosta Hakman
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Kosta Hakman was a 20th century Serbian
painter.
on May 22, the son of a father who descended from Polish
Catholic immigrants and a mother of Bosnian Serb descent from Sarajevo
. He was baptised in the Serbian Orthodox faith. In 1914 Kosta Hakman was arrested by Austro-Hungarian occupiers as a member of the South Slavic
liberation movement Young Bosnia
. In 1919, he finished Grammar School and began his painting studies. From 1921–1924 he studied painting in Kraków
, Poland. He had his first individual exhibition in 1925. In 1938 he married Bosa Pavlović. Among his many offices, he was appointed fellow teacher of Academy of Visual Arts in Belgrade
. From 1941–1944 he was imprisonment in the German concentration camp in Dortmund as a prisoner of war. In 1947, he remarried with Radmila Lozanic, and was appointed a professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Belgrade. In 1949 his first daughter was born, following with his retirement in 1958. Kosta Hakman died in 1961 in Opatija
on December 9.
Serbian
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painter.
Biography
He was born in 1899 in Bosanska KrupaBosanska Krupa
Bosanska Krupa is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Una river. It is located northeast from Bihać...
on May 22, the son of a father who descended from Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Catholic immigrants and a mother of Bosnian Serb descent from Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. He was baptised in the Serbian Orthodox faith. In 1914 Kosta Hakman was arrested by Austro-Hungarian occupiers as a member of the South Slavic
South Slavs
The South Slavs are the southern branch of the Slavic peoples and speak South Slavic languages. Geographically, the South Slavs are native to the Balkan peninsula, the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps...
liberation movement Young Bosnia
Young Bosnia
Young Bosnia was a revolutionary movement active before World War I, the members were predominantly school students who were ethnic Serbs, but included Bosniaks...
. In 1919, he finished Grammar School and began his painting studies. From 1921–1924 he studied painting in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland. He had his first individual exhibition in 1925. In 1938 he married Bosa Pavlović. Among his many offices, he was appointed fellow teacher of Academy of Visual Arts in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. From 1941–1944 he was imprisonment in the German concentration camp in Dortmund as a prisoner of war. In 1947, he remarried with Radmila Lozanic, and was appointed a professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Belgrade. In 1949 his first daughter was born, following with his retirement in 1958. Kosta Hakman died in 1961 in Opatija
Opatija
Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...
on December 9.