Janko Mihailović Moler Explained

Janko Mihailović Moler (in Cyrillic Serbian: Јанко Михаиловић Молер; Negrišori, Ottoman Empire, 1792 - Negrišori, Principality of Serbia, 1853) was a Serbian priest and artist. He was an icon and portrait painter.

Biography

He is known for painting the icons of the iconostasis of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Ježevica Monastery,[1] the Orthodox church in Guča,[2] the church of Žiča monastery, the monastery and the wooden church of Dobroselica, on the Zlatibor mountains.[3] With his son Sreten Protić, he painted the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Bjeluša, near Arilje, in 1831, and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Gorobilje.[4] He also did the portrait of Nikifor Maksimović, the founder of the Sretenje monastery near Čačak.[5]

He is also credited with the coat of arms of the Obrenović dynasty, which adorns the façade of Jovan Obrenović's konak in Čačak.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Umetnost obnovljene Srbije 1791-1848. Vujović. Branko. 1986. Prosveta. 9788607000777.
  2. Web site: The Church in Guca | Tourist Organisation of Dragacevo.
  3. Web site: Log cabin church in Dobroselica - Zlatibor.
  4. Web site: Recueil des travaux du Musée national. 1977.
  5. Book: Манастири Овчарско-Кабларске клисуре. Рајић. Делфина. Тимотијевић. Милош. 2004. Народни музеј . 9788684067038.
  6. https://www.cacakmuzej.org.rs/files/Vodic_Engleski.pdf