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1892 Bornon7/19JuneinVelikoGradišteasthefourthchildofMilanaBeljanski,néeKostić

(1869–1942)andSvetozarBeljanski(1851–1922).

1910 Graduatedon3JunefromtheFirstBelgradeHighSchool;enrolledintheLawSchool

attheUniversityofBelgrade.

1914 CompletedhislecturesattheLawSchoolattheUniversityofBelgrade;on15July,Aus-

tria-HungarydeclareswaronSerbia;WorldWarIbegins;on1SeptemberhejoinedtheStudentBattalion;on1November,hewaspromotedtocorporalandasearlyas3November,hewaspromotedtosergeantandtransferredtothe1stcompanyofthe2ndbattalion,the5thinfantryregiment,2ndbrigadeoftheDrinadivision.

1915 On1January,PavleBeljanskiwaspromotedtostaffsergeantandthenretreatedwith

thearmythroughAlbania;on19August,hewaspronouncedunfittoservebytheHighCommandMedicalpanelinSkadarandasanon-combatantinCorfu,hewasassignedtotheLiaisonunitoftheDanubedivision.

1916 On16July,bytheDecreeoftheMinisterofWar,hewasrelievedofmilitaryduty;he

resumedhislawstudiesinParis.

1917 On17July,hegraduatedfromtheSorbonneasalawyerspecializinginthediplomat-

ic-consularfield.

1918 On15June,hereceivedhismaster’sdegreeattheSorbonneandregisteredhisdoc-

toralthesisinthediplomatic-consularfield.

1919 Hisdoctoralstudieswereinterruptedduetohisnewposition;on3Marchhebegan

hisdiplomaticcareerasa1stclassclerkintheRoyalEmbassyinStockholmandon1Mayhewasalreadypromotedtosecretary;hestartedtakinganinterestincollectingart;on16July,PavleBeljanskiwasawardedwiththeOrderofIsabellatheCatholicofthe5thclass.

1920 On1September,hebecamsecretaryintheBerlinEmbassy;on14February,hewas

appointedsecretary,4thclass,intheWarsawEmbassy,on29JulyhewastransferredbacktoBerlin.

1921 HereceivedaDiplomafromPopeBenedictXV.

1922 On1February,hewasrelievedofdutyinBerlinandassignedtotheRoyalEmbassy

inWarsaw;on13February,hewaspromotedtosecretary,2ndclass.

1923 On14March,hewasappointedsecretaryoftheRoyalEmbassyinVienna;InVien-

nahemetpainterMarinoTartagliaandposedforthepaintingYoung Diplomat;he

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decidedtoabandoncollectingpaintingsbyoldmasters(“Luckily,Iceasedwiththisfutilebusinessin1923anddecidedtodedicatemyselfexclusivelytocollectingworksbyartistscomingfrommynativesoil”);on2August,hewasawardedwiththeOrderofPoloniaRestituta,5thclass.

1925 On9August,hewaspromotedtosecretaryinthe6thgroupofthe1stcategory;from

25December,heworkedinthePoliticalDirectoryinBelgrade.

1927 On13December,PavleBeljanskireceivedtheFrenchOrderoftheLegionofHonour

ofthe5thclass.

1928 HereceivedtheOrderoftheWhiteEagle,4thclassandtheOrderofPoloniaResti-

tuta,3rdclass;on10April,hewaspromotedto5thgroupsecretary,1stcategory;on14MayhewasappointedgeneralmanagerofthePoliticalDirectoryintheMinistryofForeignAffairsinBelgrade;on28December,hewasappointedSection-manageroftheRoyaldelegationwiththeCommitteeofReparationsinParis.

1929 On8February,hewasappointedchiefsecretaryoftheEmbassyinParis;on18March,

atanauctionheldintheHôtelDruotinParisheboughtthepaintingLa Toilette de l’OdalisquebyVlahoBukovac,betterknowntodayasLa Grande Iza(1882);here-ceivedtheCzechOrderoftheWhiteLion4thclass.

1930 On12June,hewasappointedCommissionerofGoodsDeliveryinParis;hestayedin

Parisuntiltheendoftheyear,wherehemetthepainterMilanKonjović.

1931 On12November,hewastransferredtotheAdministrativeDepartmentinBelgrade;

hewasawardedtheBelgianOrderofLeopold4thclass.

1932 On21January,hewaspromotedtotherankofcounsellorofthe4thgroup,2ndclass;

on17September,hewastransferredtoworkonspecialaffairsintheAdministrativeDepartment;hetravelledtoEgypt;hewasthebestmanatMiloMilunović’sandOlgaBogdanović’sweddinginBelgrade;from3to17November,M.Čelebonović,M.Konjović,M.MilunovićandJ.PerićparticipatedintheExhibition of Yugoslav ArtistsinParis.

1933 On13March,Beljanskibecameheadofthe4thsectionoftheLegalDepartment;on

3July,hewasbestmanattheweddingofPetarLubardaandJelenaJovanovićinBel-grade;attheinsistenceofMilanKašanin,hedonatedthepaintingLaundress(1932)byM.Konjović,whichhadbeendedicatedtohimbythepainter,totheNationalMu-seuminBelgrade.

1935 On26September,PavleBeljanskiwasappointedcounselloroftheRoyalEmbassy

inRome,on20October,heassumedhisduties;heauthorizedpainterJeftoPerićtochooseandpurchasepiecesforhiscollection.

1936 On31March,hewaspromotedtocounsellorofthe4thgroup,1stclassattheRoyal

EmbassyinRome;hewasawardedtheRoyalOrderofSaintSava,3rdclass.

PavleBeljanski(Warsaw,1923)

OrderoftheLegionofHonour(1927)

WeddingofMiloMilunovićandOlgaBogdanović(Belgrade,Fall1932)

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1937 From10to24June,theExhibition of Contemporary Yugoslav ArtwasheldinRome,

PavleBeljanskitookpartintheorganization(theexhibitionwasopenedbyministerGaleazzoCiano,theforewordinthecataloguewaswrittenbyVeljkoPetrović);from25Septemberto11October,BeljanskiwasChargéd’AffairesintheRoyalEmbassyinRome;inRomehewasawardedtheOrderoftheSaintsMauriceandLazarus,3rdclass.

1938 From1Augustto11September,heassumedthepostoftheChargéd’AffairesinRome

again.

1939 On23October,hewasawardedtheOrderofSaintSava,2ndclass;hewasawardedthe

OrderoftheCrownofItaly.

1940 On8May,PavleBeljanskiwaspromotedtocounsellorofthe3rdgroup,2ndclassin

theRoyalEmbassyinRome;on25August,hewasappointedmanagerofthePoliti-calDepartment;on7October,hewastransferredtotheMinistryofForeignAffairsinBelgradeascounsellorofthe3group,2ndclass;on5December,hewasappointedassistantmanageroftheLegalDepartment.

1941 On15November,heretiredasaresultoftheDecisionoftheCouncilofMinisters

andtherepresentativeoftheMinisterofForeignAffairs.

1944 On24SeptembersevenmembersofPavleBeljanskifamilywerekilledduringanair

raidinSvilajnac:hisbrotherNikolawithwifeStefániaGorgonyi,histwosistersAnaAnkaIsakovićandAleksandraSandaJoksimović,Aleksandra’schildrenDragomirandNadawithNinoRistić,Nada’shusband.

1945 On1March,hereturnedtodiplomacy–hewasappointedcounsellorofthe3rdgroup,

2ndclassandorganizedtheprotocoloftheMinistryofForeignAffairs;hisartcollec-tionwasondisplaytothepublicforthefirsttimeon27October;theCityMuseumandLibraryinSomborwereopenedwithThe Exhibition of 67 Works of Art From the Collection of Pavle Beljanski;thewriterVeljkoPetrovićgaveaspeechattheopening;theexhibitioninSomborwasondisplayuntilMarch1952.

1946 PavleBeljanskigavelecturesonprotocolattheDiplomaticSchool;September–Oc-

tober:TheNationalMuseuminBelgradeorganizedanexhibitionentitledPainting and Sculpture of the Peoples of Yugoslavia in the 19th and 20th Century,whereeightpiecesfromBeljanski’scollectionbyP.Lubarda,M.Konjović,M.Čelebonović,M.MilunovićandS.Aralicawereexhibited;from1946to1948,theexhibitionappearedinZagreb,Ljubljana,Moscow,Leningrad,Prague,Warsaw,BratislavaandBudapest;hewasawardedthePolishGoldenCrossofMeritandtheOrderoftheStarofHon-ourofEthiopia.

1947 On31March,hewaspromotedtoChiefofProtocolofthe3rdgroup,1stclassinthe

MinistryofForeignAffairs;on30May,thedecisionwasmadetofoundtheMuseumofVojvodinaandtheGalleryofMaticaSrpska;on15September,hewasappointed

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deputyheadoftheprotocolofthe3rdgroup,1stclass;on3November,hebecameadiplomatic-consularcounsellor.

1948 On26December,theGalleryofMaticaSrpskawasopenedtothepublic.

1949 On14March,PavleBeljanskiwaspromotedtotherankofcounsellor,1stclassofthe

diplomatic-consularfieldbytheMinistryofForeignAffairs.

1950 September:asoloexhibitionofworksbyMićaPopovićattheArtPavilioninBel-

grade.

1951 February–March:nineartpiecesfromtheCollectionofPavleBeljanskiwereexhib-

itedattheexhibitionentitledSeventy Paintings and Sculptures From 1920–1940 intheULUSGallery;PavleBeljanskinegotiatedtheexhibitionofthecollectioninSwit-zerland;from18Marchto1April:anexhibitionofworksbyMilanKonjovićentitledPeople,ArtPavilion,Belgrade;from1Mayto1June:PetarLubarda’ssoloexhibition,theULUSGallery,Belgrade.

1952 On26Marchanexhibitionof68worksofartfromBeljanski’sCollectionwasopened

intheBelgradeCityMuseum,accompaniedbyaspeechbyZoraSimićMilovanović;duetoinsufficientspace,onlyapartofthecollectionwasexhibited,andthedisplaywaschangedseveraltimesuntiltheendoftheexhibitionin1957sothatthepubliccouldseethecollectionasawhole;theCaryatidbyRistoStijovićfromPavleBeljan-ski’sCollectionwasexhibitedatthe26th Biennale in Venice.

1953 FromNovember1953toJanuary1954,artworksfromPavleBeljanski’sCollectionwere

ondisplayatanexhibitionentitledHalf a Century of Yugoslav Painting 1900–1950attheNationalMuseuminBelgrade.

1954 On31May,PavleBeljanskiwasawardedtheOrderoftheYugoslavFlag,2ndclass,by

theDecreeofthepresidentofFPRY,JosipBrozTito;hewasawardedtheOrderoftheHonourofAthensandtheOrderofthePhoenix;on1August,hewaspromotedtotheministerplenipotentiaryofthe3rdgroup.

1955 On20June,hewasappointedmemberoftheCounciloftheBelgradeCityMuseum.

1956 TheYugoslavtheaterfestival“Sterijinopozorje”wasfounded;thepermanentdisplay

ofTheGalleryofMaticaSrpskawasopenedinabuildingoftheformerCommodi-tiesMarket.

1957 On16April,PavleBeljanskiwaspromotedtotheministerplenipotentiaryofthe2nd

group;inSeptember,La Grande IzawasexhibitedataretrospectiveexhibitionofVla-hoBukovac,organizedbyJAZUinZagreb;on5September,thelocationforthefuturegallerywasdeterminedintheCaraLazaraStreet,nexttothenewlyopenedGalleryofMaticaSrpska;on18November,theDonationContractwassigned,wherebyPavle

PavleBeljanskiinRome(27March1937)

PavleBeljanskiandPredragIsaković(1940–1941)

ThewelcomecommitteeofHlaMaung(left),thefirstambassadorofBurmainYugoslavia(Belgrade,23April1955)

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Beljanskidonatedhiscollectionofartworksfromthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturytotheSerbianpeople,throughthemediationoftheAutonomousProvinceofVojvodina;itwassignedbyGezaTikvickionbehalfoftheAssemblyoftheAPV;theartisticfundcomprised151worksofart(136paintingsand15sculptures);animportantclauseinthecontractrequiredtheconstructionofaseparatebuildingtohouseandexhibitthecollection;PavleBeljanskiwaselectedmemberoftheCounciloftheAcademyofFineArtsinBelgrade.

1958 On6May,theNationalCommitteeofthemunicipalityofNoviSadreleasedanopen

competitionalloverYugoslaviaforthedesignofthebuildingoftheMemorialCollection;on8June,themembersofthepanelPavleBeljanski,TodorJovanović,VojislavMidić,OliverMinić,AleksandarĐorđević,MilivojNikolajevićandSavaPopovićrevealedthatthreedesignshadbeensubmitted(byarchitectsBogdanBogdanović,MiloradMacuraandRatomirBogojević)andthatallthreehave“approachedtheproblemathandinanoriginalandstudiousmanner”;thedesignbyarchitectBogojevićwonfirstprize,butnoneofthedesignswereproposedfortheactualrealization;IvoKurtović’srequestforpostponementwasaccepted;on15June,IvoKurtovićsubmittedthedesignforthebuildingofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectiontothepanel;inAugust,thecon-structionofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionbuildingbegan;on2September,BeljanskiwasappointedmemberoftheSerbianCouncilofCulturecommitteeforthepurchaseofartworks;on1November,heretiredholdingtherankofseniorcounsellorandtheministerplenipotentiary.

1960 July–August:worksbyMilicaZorićandPeđaMilosavljevićfromBeljanski’sCollec-

tionwereondisplayattheExhibition of Yugoslav Artists (Sculptures, Paintings, Tap-estries)intheGrimaldiMuseumattheAntibes,Côted’Azur;PavleBeljanskicon-cievedathematiccycleforZoraPetrovićrelatedtoKosovobuttheprojectwasnevercompleted;on17October,PavleBeljanskiwasamemberofthepaneloftheOctoberSalon;on24October,hewasappointedmemberofthePurchaseCommitteeoftheStateSecretariatofForeignAffairs;fromDecembertoJanuary1961,tapestriesbyMilicaZorićfromPavleBeljanski’scollectionwereexhibitedintheParisCityMu-seumofModernArt.

1961 On1August,VeraJovanovićwasemployedasthefirstcuratorofThePavleBeljan-

skiMemorialCollection;on11October,theExecutiveCounciloftheAutonomousProvinceofVojvodinareachedaDecisiononthefoundingofThePavleBeljanskiMe-morialCollectionasanindependentinstitutionandappointedthemembersofthecouncil:thepublicattorneyoftheAPVŽarkoMatijašević(aspresident),SecretaryintheCouncilofCultureofAPVKatarinaSokolović,retiredministerplenipotentiaryoftheSecretariatofForeignAffairs,PavleBeljanski,manageroftheGalleryofMat-icasrpska,MilivojNikolajević,manageroftheMaticaSrpskaPublishingCompany,SavaJosić,writerBoškoPetrović,painterPeđaMilosavljević;on17/18October,PavleBeljanskistayedinNoviSadtoparticipateintheorganizationofthedisplayofhisartcollection;on22October,ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwasopenedtothepublic;guestsweregreetedatagalaopeninginthereceptionhalloftheGal-leryofMaticaSrpskabyRadomirRašaRadujkov,presidentoftheCouncilofCultureattheExecutiveCounciloftheAutonomousProvinceofVojvodina;theguestsmadeatouroftheexhibitioninthenewlybuiltbuildingoftheMemorialCollection;600guestswerepresentattheopening;thefirstcatalogueofThePavle Beljanski Memorial CollectionwaspublishedwithaprefacebyMomčiloStevanovićandPavleBeljanski;thedrawingonthefrontpagewasdonebyĐorđeTabaković;by21December,inthefirstthreemonths,theexhibitionwasseenby3,852visitors,amongothersbyWil-

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liamDouglas,judgeoftheUSSupremeCourtwhovisitedThePavleBeljanskiMemo-rialCollectionimmediatelyaftertheopening(on29October);workwasstartedoncataloguing,compilinganinventoryandphotographingtheartworks;thepaintingsandtheframeswererestored(whichmarkedthebeginningofcooperationwiththepainterRistaĆinkulov),thedepotwasequipped;theadministrationwasorganized;ninefull-timeworkerswerehired;thecollectionwasmadeupof173exhibits.

1962 Thefirstinventoryofexhibitswasmade;photosoftheartworksweredonebyDrag-

oljubKažić,aswellasbyDušanTasić,TošoDabac,DušanStanimirović,AleksandarAcaSimićand“Jugoreklam”;withtheestablishmentoftheDocumentaryFundasys-tematicgatheringofarchivalanddocumentarymaterialsontheartistsfromthecol-lectionbegan;thesecondeditionofthecatalogueofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwaspublishedalongwithaninformationleafletontheMemorialCollec-tionwithaprefacebyVeraJovanović;on8June,thefirststatutewaspassed;paint-ingsfromthecollectionwereexhibitedattheSava Šumanović Memorial.

1963 TheartworkswerephotographedbySilvesterMoreandLjubišaSavić;theexhibition

oftheMemorialCollectionwasseenby11,385visitors;on16February,theFrenchartcriticandwriterJeanCassouvisitedtheexhibitionandwrotethefollowingintotheguestbook:“IwasenchantedbythisstrollthroughtheYugoslavartofanera,soemotionalanduniqueinthewayitispresentedtousbythiscollectionwhichisproofofthetasteandspiritofitscreator.Thereisasenseofspirituality;hereisanentireclearly-formedworld,andoneofrarequality,witharefinedandauthenticpo-etry.”TheSwedishambassadorSvenBacklund,SwedishMinisterofCultureRagnarEdenmanwithhiswifeandthemembersoftheFrenchParliamentwereamongthevisitors;on31March,theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheMexicanpresidentAdolfoLópezMateosandhiswifeEvaSamanodeLópezMateos,duringanofficialvisittoYugoslavia,accompaniedbythepresidentoftheFPRY,JosipBrozTito,andhiswifeJovankaBroz.TheguestsweremetbyPavleBeljanskihimself,aswellasbythepresidentoftheNationalAssemblyoftheAPV,StevanDoronjski,withhiswife,thepresidentoftheExecutiveCounciloftheAPV,ĐuricaJojkićandhiswife,rectoroftheuniversity,LazaStojković,MayorTimaVrbaškiandothers.“Wemustpaytributetoamanwhocollectedanddonatedsuchbeautifulpaintingstohispeople,”JosipBrozTitowroteintheguestbookonthatoccasion;thepermanentexhibitionwasalteredbythereplacementof20artworks;amongothers,worksbySretenStojanović:A Por-trait of Nataša BoškovićandthereliefentitledNecklacewereincluded;on8August,theMemorialCollectionwasincludedintheregisterofinstitutionswithindepend-entfunding,asaspecialtypeofartgallery;on3April,attherequestofProf.GyetvaiKároly,headoftheCivilLawDepartmentoftheFacultyofLawinNoviSad,thestu-dentsweregivenalectureonPavleBeljanski’sDonationContractinwhichmutualobligationswereexceptionallywelljustified;aproposalwasmadeforthefirstmono-graphoftheMemorialcollectionentitled“ModernSerbianArtandPavleBeljanski’sCollection”;thefollowingauthorsweresuggested:PavleVasić,MomčiloStevanović,PeđaMilosavljević,KatarinaAmbrozić,LazarTrifunović,MiodragB.Protić,SinišaVukovićandVeraJovanović(unpublished).

1964 Theexhibitionwasseenby14,385visitors,amongwhomwerethewriterArchibald

Cronin,USSenatorWilliamFulbright,themanageroftheSovietpressagencyTASS,DmitryPetrovichGoriunov,theCIAofficerBasilDavidson,distinguishedrevolution-aryElisavetaBerkovichMatveyevna,participantsintheSlavistconferenceonVukKaradžić,thepresidentoftheStateCommitteeofArtAndCultureofthePeoples’Re-publicofRomania,ConstąncaCrăciun,withmembersofherdelegation,andothers;the

The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection,drawingbyĐorđeTabaković(1961)

ThegrandopeningofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectioninTheGalleryof

MaticaSrpska(22October1961)

WilliamO.DouglasvisitsThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection(1961)

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numberofvisitorsgrewwhileimportanteventstookplaceinBelgradeandNoviSad;on12August,PavleBeljanskidonatedthepaintingFlowersbyZoraPetrović,aswellas14documentsandoriginalphotographstotheDocumentaryFund;thecollectionhadatotalof173worksofart,ofwhich127wereondisplayandtheremaining46wereoc-casionallyincludedinthedisplay;Beljanskidonatedasignificantnumberofbooksonartfromhisprivatelibrary,alongwiththeperiodglassbookshelftotheDepartmentofArtHistoryattheFacultyofPhilosophyinBelgrade;aseven-yearplanofthetownau-thoritiesinvolvedtheplacingofinformationboardsnexttothebridgeattheentrancetothetown,infrontoftheSerbianNationalTheater,bytheentrancetotheNoviSadFair,onthecentraltownsquare(theboardshavenotbeenputuptothisday).

1965 On24April,bas-reliefsbyNebojšaMitrićentitledThe Great HuntandThe Ancient

Huntwereaddedtothecollectionofsculptures;on27MayaDonationContractwassigned,wherebyPavleBeljanskidonatedthepaintingLa Grande IzabyVlahoBu-kovactotheMemorialCollectionandintroducedtheawardforthebestgraduationandseminarpapersbystudentsfromtheArtHistoryDepartmentoftheFacultyofPhilosophyinBelgrade.VeraJovanovićsignedthecontractonbehalfoftheMemo-rialCollection;PavleBeljanskiwasawardedtheEgyptianOrderoftheRepublic,2ndclass;BeljanskidonatedthefamilyiconThe Stoning of Saint StephentotheparishchurchinGospođinci;on14JulyPavleBeljanskidiedinBelgrade;friendsanddignitar-iesbadehimfarewellon15JuneinachapelattheNewCemeteryinBelgrade;onthe16July,hewasburiedinthefamilytombintheGospođinciparishchurchyard;amongthosewhobadeBeljanskifarewellweretheministerplenipotentiaryintheStateSec-retariatofForeignAffairs,ZvonkoPerišić,andmemberoftheExecutiveCounciloftheProvinceRadomirRadujkov;thefuneralwasattendedbythepresidentoftheAs-semblyofVojvodinaRadovanVlajković,AssistantstatesecretaryforForeignAffairsIvoSarajčić,presidentoftheCulturalandEducationalCounciloftheAssemblyMila-dinGvozdenov,secretaryoftheNoviSadMunicipalityCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyDušanAlimpić,presidentoftheMunicipalAssemblyTimaVrbaški,presidentoftheMunicipalBoardoftheSocialistAllianceJovanDejanović,actingchiefofprotocolFranceŽugelj,aswellasrepresentativesofmanyculturalestablishmentsfromNoviSad;movedbythefuneral,MilanKonjovićdedicatedthepaintingSun Over BačkatothememoryofhislatefriendanddonatedittotheMemorialCollection;theartfundoftheMemorialCollectionhadatotalof185artworksby37artists.

1966 On8July,theMilanKonjovićGallerywasfounded,asaresultofthedonationbythis

painter;on18September,theMemorialCollectionwasopenedtopublicforthesec-ondtime(afterapausetoconstructanannextothebuildingandaventilationsystemforair-conditioning);PavleBeljanski’sdedicationwasplacedonawallinthelobby;on6October,PredragIsakovićonbehalfofthefamilyandVeraJovanovićonbehalfoftheMemorialCollection,signedthecontractwhichfulfilledPavleBeljanski’swishtosetasidefromhislegacypiecesoffurniture,paintings,booksandpersonalitemsasfutureexhibitsinthePavleBeljanskiMemorial;PavleBeljanski’slegacywastransferredfromBelgrade:14paintings,4sculptures,2tapestries,17piecesofperiodfurniture,4objectsofappliedart,thepaintingYoung DiplomatbyMarinoTartaglia,atotalof43objects,aswellas354booksonartforthefuturePavleBeljanskiMemorial;TinkaPivničkipho-tographedtheartworksforthepurposeofdocumentationandreproduction.

1967 On3March,partoftheofficespacewastemporarilygiventothenewly-established

GalleryofContemporaryVisualArt;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyagroupofSovietpioneers,guestsoftheJo Pajtáschildren’smagazine,aswellasbythevice-chancellorofAustriaandministerofindustryandcommerce,FritzBock,accompa-

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niedbytheAustrianambassadorinBelgrade,KarlHartlwithhiswifeandYugoslavdignitaries;on28September,thefirstPavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardRegulationsManualwaspresented;theAwardwasgivenforthebestgraduationpa-perinYugoslavArtHistory;on29September,thefirstjurypanelfortheAwardwasappointed,consistingof:ŽarkoMatijašević(president),MomčiloStevanovićandVeraJovanović(members)fromtheMemorialCollection,andProf.SvetozarRadojčić,andProf.DejanMedaković,fromtheDepartmentofArtHistory;intheacademicyear1966/67therewerenodefendedstudententriesandthustheAwardwasnotgiven.

1968 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytherepresentativesofRomaniaandtheSFRY:

NicolaeCeauşescuwithhiswifeElena,JosipBrozTitowithhiswifeJovankaandthepresidentoftheRomaniangovernment,GeorgiMaurer,withhiswife,andtheformerpresidentoftheDominicanRepublic,JuanBoschwithhiswife,adelegationfromthetwincityofModena,theherooftheSovietUnionMarinaChecheneva,theFrenchambassadorwiththeembassyofficialsandothers;thethird,extendededitionofthecatalogueofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwaspublishedwithtextsbyMomčiloStevanović,PavleBeljanskiandVeraJovanović;on24November,thePavleBeljanskiMemorialopeningceremonywasheld.Duringtheceremony,ThePavleBel-janskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgivenforthefirsttimetoMaricaŠuputfromBelgradeforherpaperentitled“TheBanjskaMonastery”.TheDiplomawasproducedbythegraphicartistDušanJankovićaccordingtothedesignofNebojšaMitrić.

1969 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyDoloresdelaMora,themanageroftheMu-

seumofFineArtsfromMexico,thepresidentoftheAssemblyofSerbia,DragoljubMarković,theGermanMinisterofForeignAffairs,WillySpühler,withhiswife,thedeputyMinisterofForeignAffairsofSudan,GamalMohamedAhmet,thesecretaryoftheCostaRicaUnion,JuanAlvarezMorales,theBritishMinisterofForeignAf-fairs,Goronwy-Robertsandothers;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVesnaJovanovićTodorović.

1970 InhonourofthememoryofPavleBeljanski,painter,arthistorianandacademician

LjuboBabićdonatedaportraitofAgnesAntonijaBabićfromhisfamilylegacytotheMemorialCollection(1825);greetingcardswith18motifsfromPavleBeljanski’sCollectionfromslidestakenbySekulaMedenicawereprintedforthefirsttime;SavaŠumanović’spaintingLuncheon on the Grasswasrestored;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheEthiopianEmperorHaileSelassie,theCypriotministerofForeignAffairsSpirosCyprianuwithhiswife,theAmericanambassadorWilliamLenhartwithhiswife,aSwissparliamentarydelegationheadedbyGeorgesAndréChevallaz,sailorsfromtheUSSRBlackSeaFleet,thepresidentoftheFederalExecutiveCoun-cilMitjaRibičič,managersofSerbiangasstations,femalebasketballplayersfromtheUSSR,thewriterBrankoĆopić,RussianandYugoslavpioneers,professoroftheZa-grebUniversity,AntunBauer,actorsfromapuppettheaterinRomania,anEnglishAviationMarshall,ClaudeLeewithhiswife,primeministerofGhanaKofiAbrefaBusiawithhisentourage,studentsfromLeningradUniversity,presidentoftheBavar-iangovernmentAlfonsGoppel,withhiswife(theyhadsailedtoNoviSadontheship“TheodorKärner”),elementaryschoolstudentsfromalloverthecountryandothers;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVasilijeSujić.

1971 On22October,theArtists’Memorialwasopened;theMemorialCollectionwasvis-

itedbytheOrthodoxbishopoftheTimişoaraeparchywiththeBelgradeOrthodoxbishop,bankingexpertsfromGermany,thepresidentoftheFederalExecutiveCoun-

StevanDoronjski,PavleBeljanski,JosipBrozTitoandAdolfoLópezMateos(31March1963)

RadomirRadujkovgivingaspeechatPavleBeljanski’sfuneral(Gospođinci,16July1965)

NicolaeCeauşescuandJosipBrozTito(28May1968)

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cilMikaŠpiljakwithhisentourage,thereporterMichelCarnédeCannavale,officialsoftheministryoflocalself-governmentandmunicipalissuesfromAfrica,AsiaandAustralia,guestsoftheProvincialSecretariatofCulturefromtheUSA,adelegationoftheBulgarianSecretariatofForeignAffairs,femaleemployeesfromtheAmericanEmbassyinBelgrade,student-membersoftheArtClubfromFeketić,theLordMayorofNorwichwithhiswife,workersfromtheSocialAccountancyServicefromPriština,theBulgarianministeroffinancesDimitarPopovwiththepresidentoftheplanningcommitteeKirilDenev,theAustralianMemberofParliamentJamesFordwithhiswife,theambassadorofGreatBritainD.L.Stewartandothers;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoMirjanaGligorijević.

1972 EightpaintingsfromtheBeljanskiCollectionwerereproducedinthebookA Hundred

Works of Yugoslav PaintingbyMiodragB.Protić;theexhibitionoftheMemorialCol-lectionwasvisitedbytheNorwegiandelegationforcultureandcooperation,wivesoftheAmericanastronauts,theMayorofLondon,RobertMitchellwithhiswife,adelega-tionofthePolitburooftheCPofPeruheadedbyMariaUgarte,presidentoftheBelgianSocialistPartyJoris(Jos)vanEyndewithhiswife,theHungarianministeroffinancesFaluvégiLajoswithhiswife,deputychiefeditoroftheSovietmagazineInostranaya LiteraturaOlegSergeyevichVasilyevaccompaniedbythepoetessMiraAlečković,thesecretaryoftheUkrainianCentralCommitteewithhisentourage,wivesofthemem-bersoftheMexicanparliamentarydelegationwithentourage,adelegationofSovietfilmmakers,participantsoftheDanuberegatta,EsuhTalmanuandthedelegationoftheSwissMinistryofForeignAffairs,theUNESCOdelegationoftheInternationalCommitteeofExtra-curricularActivities,theministerforthedevelopmentofHol-land,thewifeofthepresidentoftheCypriotParliamentwithherdaughter,thepresi-dentoftheCentralCommitteeoftheLeagueofYugoslavCommunistsfromBosniaandHerzegovina,BrankoMikulićwithDžemalBijedić’swifeRazijaandothers;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoSonjaBogdanović.

1973 On1November,theLazarVozarevićGallerywasopenedinSremskaMitrovica;the

MemorialCollectionwasvisitedbythepresidentoftheItalianInterparliamentaryUnion,GiuseppeVedovati;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoGordanaPopovićandMilanaVeinović.

1974 On23October,TheGalleryofFineArts–TheEndowmentCollectionofRajko

MamuzićwasopenedinNoviSad;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVladislavRistić.

1975 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbythewifeofthepresidentofGabon,Omar

Bongo,adelegationoftheExecutiveCounciloftheMacedonianParliament,Prin-cessBenedikteofDenmark,participantsofthe19ChessChampionship,theGeneralSecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofSpain,SantiagoCarrillo,theRomanianMinis-terofForeignAffairs,GeorgeMacovescuwiththepresidentoftheExecutiveCoun-ciloftheAutonomousProvinceofVojvodina,NikolaKmezić,amilitarydelegationoftheDanubeFleet,adelegationofwomenfromSouthernVietnam,thepresidentoftheSocialistAllianceoftheWorkingPeopleofYugoslavia,DušanPetrovićŠane,adelegationofthePolishParliament,adelegationofwomenfromKuwait,studentsfromthe“BraćaMiladinov”secondaryschoolfromStruga;thecatalogueinformationaboutRistoStijović’ssculptureswassenttothe“Yugoslavia”publishingcompanyforamonographaboutRistoStijović(itwasnotpublished);ThePavleBeljanskiMemo-rialCollectionAwardwasgiventoZoricaZlatić.

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1976 On15July,alawonThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwaspassed;professor

PavleVasićtaughtpracticalclassesintheMemorialCollectiononthesubjectofvis-ualelementstostudentsoftheArtAcademyinNoviSad;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyauniondelegationfromCroatia,thewifeoftheAngolanPrimeMin-isterMariadoNascimento,thewifeoftheAustrianvice-chancellorRudolfHauser;theNoviSadtelevisionproducedafilmonPavleBeljanskientitled“InLovewithArt”;seniorcuratorVeraJovanovićreceivedhermaster’sdegreeattheZagrebUniversityinthefieldofmuseologicalsciences;theartworksoftheMemorialCollectionwerephotographedbyMiodragĐorđevićandStevanBikit;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoBrankaMarić;thenewbatchofdiplomaswasdonebythegraphicartistMilanStanojevaccordingtothedesignsofNebojšaMitrić.

1977 AmonographbyVeraJovanovićentitledThe Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collectionwas

publishedandPavleBeljanski’swish,whichwaspartoftheDonationContract,statingthatallartpiecesfromthecollectionweretobereproducedincolor,wasfulfilled;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheAttorney-generaloftheGermanDemocraticRepublic,thememberoftheexecutivecommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofGreatBritain,JackWoodis,thememberofthePolitburooftheFrenchCommunistParty,PaulLaurent,amateurpaintersfromtheSelf-GovernmentClubfromSombor,parlia-mentarydelegationsfromIndiaandIreland,educationworkerswhohadwontheVukAward,agroupof140guestsoftheBureauofInternationalTouristExchange,arthis-torianBorisPetkovski,fromSkoplje,operasingerMelanijaBugarinovićaccompaniedbycomposerRudolfBruči,SovietwriterBorisDubovnyaccompaniedbythepoetessDesankaMaksimović,thewifeoftheNationalexecutivesecretaryoftheRevolution-aryPartyofTanzania,EricaMsekwaandthewifeofthesecretarygeneraloftheTan-zanianYouthOrganization,RahmaLiundi,theambassadorofGermanDemocraticRepublicwithherhusband,30tourguidesfromtheUSSR;PredragIsakovićdonatedaformalhat,asapartofPavleBeljanski’sformaldiplomaticuniform;ThePavleBel-janskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoMirjanaMilosavljevićandDraganBulatović.

1978 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyPrinceCharles,PrinceofWales,adelega-

tionoftheRevolutionaryPartyofTanzania,IraqiministerAdnanHassanHamdani;thankstothekindhelpofengineerŽarkoŠuput,painterMilanKeracprintedtwoofBogdanŠuput’slinocuts;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoAleksandraŠkorić.

1979 InJune,thefirstChildren’sArtWorkshopwasheld,whichinvolvedcopyingworks

ofartfromPavleBeljanski’scollection,accordingtoaprojectbycurator-pedagogue,NedeljkoMilutinandincollaborationwiththe“ĐuraJakšić”elementaryschool;theexhibitionoftheirworkswasheldintheArmyClubinNoviSad;theworkshopandexhibitionofchildren’spaintingsbecameatraditionaleventorganizedbytheMemo-rialCollection;theworkshopsandexhibitionswereledandorganizedbyNedeljkoMi-lutin;in1995and1996,theworkshopswereledbyDraganaBošković;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheMinisterofforeignaffairsfromMadagascar,ChristianRémyRichard;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoSlađanaĐurđekanović.

1980 ThenotesandthelettersenchangedbetweenIvanTabakovićandNedeljkoGvozdenović

werepublished,withaprefacebyVeraJovanović;duringtheyear,atotalnumberof

SonjaBogdanović,thewinneroftheAward(1972)

TheArtists’Memorialin1977.

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29,258visitorswasdocumented;amongothersadelegationfromZambia,theAngolanministerofeducation,cultureandscienceAmbrósioLukokiwiththeAngolanam-bassadorJoaoFelipeMarinius,wivesofUSofficials,directoroftheUNInformationCenterinBelgradeGhanimal-Atraqchi,theMayorofAthensDimitriosBeisaccompa-niedbythemayorsofBelgradeandNoviSad,ŽivoradKovačevićandJovanDejanović,thewifeoftheLibyanPresidentMuammaral-Gaddafi,Sophiaal-Gaddafi,theMayorofNorwich,ValerieGuttsman,thewifeoftheItalianPresidentSandroPertini,CarlaPertiniandprofessorGraciellaMagheriniaccompaniedbyLepaPavićević,filmcrit-icsandactorsfromIndia;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoMarijaCvetković.

1981 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheMayorofNorwich,ErinHartley,accom-

paniedbytheMayorofNoviSad,JovanDejanović,thememberoftheHungarianAcademyofSciences,BartaGyörgy,accompaniedbyacademicianPavleSavić,ambas-sadorsofallthecountriesaccreditedinYugoslavia;themonographontheMemorialCollectionwasexhibitedinViennaduringtheDaysoftheCultureoftheSAPVojvo-dinainAustriaaswellasatbookfairsinLeipzig,Valetta,WarsawandMoscow;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoViktorijaKelec.

1982 PainterNedeljkoGvozdenovićdonatedadrawingdepictingPavleBeljanskireadinga

newspaper;theRegistryServicecontrolreportedthattheworkintheMemorialCol-lectionwaspreformedtothehighestprofessionalandscholarlystandards;theMe-morialCollectionwasvisitedbythegeneralsecretaryofSpanishunionsMarcelinoCamachoAbadwithhiswife,theFrenchministerofculture,theCzechoslovakianvice-president,HungarianassistantstateministeroffinancesVinnaiImre;arthis-torystudentsattendedalecturebyProfessorLazarTrifunović,onvisualelementsintheworksofartfromBeljanski’sCollectionandalecturebyDraganBulatovićontheMemorialCollectionfromthemuseologicalpointofview;ThePavleBeljanskiMe-morialCollectionAwardwasgiventoGordanaDobrić.

1983 PainterLjubica CucaSokićdonatedtheportraitofBogdanŠuput;inspringandinthe

autumn;employeesintheMemorialCollectionorganizedvoluntaryeventswhichcon-centratedonarrangingthegreenareasaroundthebuildingandtheplantingofsap-lings;duringhisvisittotheAgriculturalFair,theSecretaryGeneraloftheUNCTAD,GamaniCoreavisitedtheMemorialCollection;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCol-lectionAwardwasgiventoMarkoMiljanović.

1984 InhonourofthewinnerofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAward,Radoslav

Mihailović,actressMajaDimitrijevićperformedamonodramabasedonthelettersofthepainterNadeždaPetrović,directedbyMiroslavBelović;amonographbyVeraJovanovićentitledPainter Bogdan Šuput: 1914–1942waspublished.

1985 From27Juneto5SeptemberthepaintingsJaša TomićandKsenijabyNadežda

PetrovićwereondisplayattheexhibitionofherpaintingsintheNeue PinakothekinMunich;from16Octoberto3November,thepaintingsMy Studio II,Harvest,Old PorcelainandĆira FalcionewereexhibitedattheexhibitionofKonjović’sworksattheGrandPalaisinParis;thecuratoroftheMunichandParisexhibitionswasKa-tarinaAmbrozić;PredragIsakovićdonated57photographsfromPavleBeljanski’slegacy;Areportonthenegativeexperiencesregardingtheloanofpaintingstomuse-umsandgalleries,accompaniedbyarequestthatitshouldtakeastanceonpreven-

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tiveprotectionwassenttotheProvincialCommitteeofEducationandCulture(theCommitteeneverreplied,andnostepsweretaken);inadditiontobeingvisitedbymanytouristgroupsfromtheUSSR,theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbypainterZdravkoMandićwiththeparticipantsoftheartists’colonyinEčka,actorsfromtheWarsawtheater(guestsofthe“SterijinoPozorje”Festival),agroupofschoolhead-mastersfromPécs,theAmbassadorofGreatBritaininBelgrade,theAmbassadorofGermanDemocraticRepublicinBelgrade,RalfHartmann,thewivesofthegovernorsoftheItalianbanks,theGreekAmbassador,EmmanuelS.Spyridakiswithhiswife,VictoriaVandranaxi;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVesnaPipović.

1986 AmongthevisitorsweremembersoftheSerbianPhysician’sAssociation,federaland

republicsecretariesforinformation,membersoftheRetiredPoliceOfficers’ClubfromZagreb,theHungarianambassadorGyörkeSándorandculturalattachéVargaImre,theMayorofNorwichBarbaraStevensonwithherhusbandLeonardandtheMayorofNoviSadBoškoPetrov,thewifeoftheCzechoslovakianforeignministerBohuslavChňoupekandthewifeoftheambassadorinBelgrade,aswellasnumerousgroupsoftouristsfromtheUSSRandprimaryandsecondaryschoolstudentsfromalloverYugoslavia;thecurator-manageroftheMemorialCollection,VeraJovanović,defendedherdoctoralthesis“Collections,CollectorsandDonorsinVojvodina”attheUniversityofLjubljana;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwassharedbyZoranRakićandBiljanaGolubovićfromNoviSad;thepaintingOld PorcelainwasreproducedontheNewYear’sgreetingcardoftheMilanKonjovićGallery.

1987 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyCambodianPresidentPrinceNorodomSi-

hanouk,hiswifeandmembersofhisdelegation,theforeignministerofGDR,OscarFischer,thepresidentoftheWorldBasketballOrganization,RobertBusnelandoffi-cialsoftheYugoslavBasketballAssociation,BorislavStankovićandNebojšaPopović,agroupofEnglishsurgeons,thedirectoroftheInternationalBankforReconstruc-tionandDevelopment,UdoMarggrafwithhiswife,MayorofKrakowApolinariusKozubawithhisentourage,theCubanambassador,alargenumberoftouristgroups,schoolexcursionsandothers;from8–18September,paintingsandsculpturescre-atedbyschoolchildrenfromNoviSadintheMemorialCollectionwereexhibitedintheGalleryoftheArmyClubinNoviSad,andthebestworkswereawarded27priz-es;from21–30November,theschoolchildren’sworkswereexhibitedinthelobbyoftheMemorialCollection;astudybyVeraJovanovićThe Destiny of Art Works: Collec-tions, Collectors and Donors in Vojvodinawaspublished;ThePavleBeljanskiMemo-rialCollectionAwardwasgiventoDejanRadovanović.

1988 Inadditiontoauthorsfrompreviouseditions,SretenMarićandLazarTrifunovićal-

sopublishedtheirtextsinthefourtheditionofThePavle Beljanski Memorial Collec-tioncatalogue;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyadelegationoftheYugoslavRedCross,theteachersfromthemilitaryschoolsinZagreb,Sarajevo,LjubljanaandBelgrade,workersfromthe“RadeKončar”factoryfromZagreb,theworkersfromtheNationalMuseuminŠabac,theteachersfrompoliceacademies,theUSAmbassadorinBelgradeaccompaniedbyMayorBoškoPetrov,theBritishambassador,theMayorofDortmund,themembersoftheChineseAcademyofSciences,40organizedtouristgroupsfromtheUSSR,officersoftheRiverFleetsofcountriesfromtheDanubebasinorganizedbytheNoviSadgarrisonoftheYugoslavPeople’sArmy,medicalstudentsfromEuropeancountrieswhotookpartinaninternationalstudentexchangeprogram;theChildren’sVisualWorkshop,whichincludedchildrenfromprimaryandsecondaryschoolsaswellasstudentsfromvariousfaculties,wascarriedoutwiththeassistance

NedeljkoGvozdenović,Pavle Beljanski Reading a Newspaper(1945)

PresidentofCambodiaNorodomSinahouk(13October1987)

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ofstudentsfromtheAcademyofPedagogyinNoviSad,ameetingofpre-schoolchil-drenwithpoetsDanicaLukić,IsmetBekrićandDraganRadulovićwasorganizedontheoccasionofthe“Zmajevedečijeigre”festival;tapestry-artistNadaAdžićcreatedasketchforatapestryafterSavaŠumanović’spaintingWinterinSremforthe“Atelje61”inNoviSad,ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVesnaMilanović.

1989 IvanKarlavaristook50slidesforapublicationentitled“MemoriesandLetters”(the

bookwasneverpublished);aneffortwaslaunchedtopreventfurtherconstructionworkstothebuildingsoftheInsuranceCompanyandthe“Koprodukt”company,thepublicgarageandthefour-storeybuildingontheProleterskihBrigadaSquare;arequestwasmadetoclassifythebuildingoftheMemorialCollectionasaculturalmonument;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheProvincialSecretaryofInter-nalAffairs,RatkoSikirićwithhisassociates,theBulgarianministerofforeigntrade,KrstoPopov,agroupofprofessorsfromTexas,adelegationofSwedishunions,theDutchministerofeducation,scienceandculture;theUSEmbassyorganizedalectureontheworkofAmericanmuseumsintheMemorialCollection;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoNebojšaStanković.

1990 AmonographbyVeraJovanovićentitledSava Sandić: at the Crossroads of Serbian

Sculpturewaspublished;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbymuseumworkersfromTimişoaraandtheMayoroftheCityofNorwich;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoGordanaVeljanović.

1991 ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoTatjanaStarodubcev.

1992 TheSerbianMinistryofCulturetookoverthefoundingrights;thetownassembly

decidedtorenametheProleterskihbrigadaSquarewhereThePavleBeljanskiMemo-rialCollection,theGalleryofMaticaSrpskaandTheGalleryofFineArts–Endow-mentCollectionofRajkoMamuzićarelocated,intotheGallerySquare;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbywriterMihajloLalić,theAustrianambassadorWalterSigel,theDeputymayorofBelgradeMilivojeLalićwiththeDeputymayorofNoviSadIgorMirovićandpupilsfromtheelementaryschoolinSvilajnac;aneventwasorganizedwherepupilscouldmeetpoetDuškoTrifunovićandtheillustratorsofchildren’sbooks,DesaKerečkiandMilanMilićJagodinski;ontheoccasionofthecentenaryofPavleBeljanski’sbirth,NikolaKokaJankovićmadeasketchforalife-sizesculptureofPavleBeljanski(accordingtoadrawingbyNedeljkoGvozdenović),whichwassupposedtobeplacedinfrontofthebuildingoftheMemorialCollection;ThePavleBeljanskiMe-morialCollectionAwardwasgiventoTatjanaBućinandČedomirJaničić;thelong-termloantransferofexhibitsbetweenTheGalleryofMaticaSrpskaandtheMemo-rialCollectionwascompleted;theGalleryofMaticaSrpskareceivedtheSkulls and JugandMortarbyBogdanŠuput,andthePortrait of Young Bogoboj AtanackovićbyanunknownartistwasreturnedtotheMemorialCollection.

1993 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheRussianAmbassador;theonehundredth

anniversaryofPavleBeljanski’sbirthandthe35thanniversaryofthesigningoftheDonationContractwerecelebratedbypublishingafeuilletonbyVeraJovanovićenti-tled“PavleBeljanski’sTreasury”inthedailynewspaperDnevnik;2,399visitorswereregisteredduringtheyear;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoMirjanaMaslar.

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1994 TheMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbypensionersfromSuboticaandBelgrade;a

monographbyVeraJovanovićentitledMira Sandić: Faces and Shapes of Childhood and Youthwaspublishedincollaborationwiththe“Zmajevedečijeigre”festival;threeconcertsofclassicalmusicwereheldaspartofacooperationwiththe“IsidorBajić”MusicSchool;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoJasminaStefanović.

1995 Thereconstructionandmodernizationofthemuseumdepot;theMemorialCollec-

tionwasvisitedbytheMayorofNoviSad,ĐuroBajić;on3June,apublicpaintingclasswasheldontheinitiativeofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection,theGal-leryofMaticaSrpskaandTheGalleryofFineArts–TheEndowmentCollectionofRajkoMamuzićonGallerySquareforprimaryschoolpupilsaspartoftheEcologyWeek,undertheslogan“Itcanbedonethiswaytoo”asauniqueprotestagainsttheattemptofthetownurbaniststoturnthisareaintoadeadendbyconstructingtwobuildingsinfrontoftheaforementionedmuseumsduringtheYearofculture;thepupilsfromNoviSadschoolspaintedflowersandgrassandbystandingonpedestalsandwearingcostumesactingaslivingsculptures;on24November,amonumenttoNadeždaPetrovićwasunveiledinfrontoftheMemorialCollectionbuilding;thecast-ingofthesculpturewasaidedbynumerousdonors,amongwhomwereLeposavaSt.PavlovićandAnaZumbulović;on18November,apresentationofamultimediaCD“TheCulturalHeritageofSerbs”washeldintheMemorialCollectionincollabora-tionwiththeRepublicInstituteofInternationalScientific,Educational,CulturalandTechnologicalCooperationfromBelgrade;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoBojanMiljković;ontheoccasionofthethirtiethanniversaryoftheAward,anexhibitionofphotographsofthepastwinnerswasorganized.

1996 April:theonehundredthanniversaryofthebirthofSavaŠumanovićwasmarked

byavisualworkshopentitledŠumanović and We; thechildren’sworksinspiredbyŠumanovićweredisplayedattheexhibitionandthenamesoftheparticipantswereprintedonthebrochure;October–November:anexhibitionofdrawingsdonatedbyLeposavaSt.PavlovićtotheMemorialCollectionaccompaniedbyacataloguebyVeraJovanovićinprintedanddigitalform;842entrieswereincludedintheinventorybookoftheDocumentaryfund;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoKostaVuković.

1997 Thefirstcomputerwasobtained;theBibliography of The Pavle Beljanski Memorial

CollectionbyVidaZeremskiwaspublished,whosepromotionmarked40yearsoftheMemorialCollection’spublishingactivities;MilošArsićandLazarČurčićspokeatthepresentationofthebook;amonographbyVeraJovanovićentitledPavle Paja Radovanović waspublishedincollaborationwiththeArchiveofVojvodinaandtheMuseumofVojvodina;on11March,asoloconcertwasheldbyIljaHolodkovandOs-carRitter;June:achildren’svisualworkshopwasorganizedincollaborationwiththe“Zmajevedečijeigre”festival;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoZoranŠevkušić;on24November,ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwasawardedthestatusofculturalmonumentonthebasisoftwodecisionsbytheNoviSadTownAssemblyfrom24September1992;theAssociationofArtHistori-ansawardedThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwithrecognitionforitscon-tinualworkontheprotectionofculturaltreasuresanditsoutstandingcontributiontothedevelopmentofthemuseologicalprofessionandraisingthestandardsinarthistory.

“ItCanbeDoneThisWaytoo”attheGallerySquare(3June1995)

SvetlanaVelmarJankovićwithherhusbandandMilanaKvasattheexhibitionSava Šumanović

– From the Drawing towards the Painting (16June2001)

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1998 ProfessorattheNoviSadArtAcademy,RadaČupić,addedtheanalysisoftheworks

ofartfromBeljanski’scollectiontothepracticalsyllabusofthecourseentitled“TheTheoryofFormandVisualElements”;October–November:anexhibitiondedicatedtosculptorMihajloTomić;thecuratorofthedisplayandauthoroftheprefaceinthecataloguewasNadaStanić;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheFinnisham-bassadorIlpoManninen;thefirstinternetpresentationoftheMemorialCollectionwascreatedonthewebpagewww.artmagazin.co.yu;on30December:thefirstcura-toranddirectoroftheCollection,VeraJovanović,retired.NadaStanić,whohaduntilthenheldthepostofcurator-documentarist,wasappointedactingcurator-manager;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoValentinaŽivković;attheawardsceremony,actressRadaĐuričinperformedthemonodramaentitled“TheTestamentofDesankaMaksimović”.

1999 On26March,theartpiecesfromthepermanentdisplaywereremovedduetoNATO

bombing;on2July,JasnaJovanov,anarthistorianfromNoviSad,wasappointedascurator-manager;on10September,thepermanentdisplayoftheMemorialCollectionwasre-openedtopublicwithanexhibitionofsculpturesbySretenStojanović,withJasnaJovanovasthecurator;VidaOgnjenovićheldaspeechattheopeningceremo-ny;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoTijanaPalkovljevićandAnaPopović;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyadelegationfromtheGreektownofCastoria,themanageroftheNationalGalleryfromSofia,thevice-presidentoftheGreekAcademyofSciences;visitingtimewasextendeduntil6p.m.,9p.m.onThursdays;theMemorialCollectionhad14fulltimeemployees.

2000 On14April,anexhibitionofworksbyKostaHakmanfromtheYugoslavArtGal-

lerywasheld(asthefirstguestexhibitionintheMemorialCollection);theworksofthispainterwerepresentedinNoviSadforthefirsttime;theexhibitionwasopenedbySlobodanSanader;on14September,anexhibitionentitledLandscape at the Turn of the CenturywasheldintheMemorialCollection,aspartoftheFirstBiennaleofLandscape,accordingtotheideaofBelaDuranci,whospokeattheopeningceremony;on28Septembertheexhibitionbasedonthepreviousyear’sawardedworkbyTijanaPalkovljević:Vidosava Kovačević – a Painter With a Unique Brush StrokewasopenedbyVasilijeTapušković;thisexhibitionwassignificantbecauseitfocusedonthelifeandworkoftheartistwhowassnatchedfromoblivionbynoneotherthanPavleBeljanski;thebeginningoftheorganizationofanexhibitionfortheaward-winningresearchpa-per;24February:painterLeposavaSt.Pavlovićdonatedanalbumwith139drawingsbydifferentartists;22December:anexhibitionofpupils’worksfromtheMemorialCollection’sVisualWorkshopwasopened;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbythePolishambassadorSlawomirDabrowa,thewifeoftheIndianambassador,agroupofprofessorsfromEuropeancountries,guestsoftheMuseumofContemporaryArtinBelgrade;PavleBeljanskiwaspronouncedoneofthe500mostsignificantSerbsofthe20thCentury;thelibraryexchangeofmuseumeditionswasre-established;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoJelenaPerać.

2001 From6Marchto14June,theexhibitionofpaintings,drawingsandarchivematerials

aboutthepainterBogdanŠuputwasrealized,withJasnaJovanovandMilanaKvasascurators;thebibliographicalpartofthedisplayhassincebeendesignedbyDraganaBošković;attheopeningceremony,thenovelStill Life with a ClockbyLasloBlašković,inspiredbythelifeandworkofBogdanŠuput,waspresentedtothepublic;thefollow-ingparticipantsspokeaboutBogdanŠuputandthenovel:SlobodanSanader,Boris-lavNovaković,TeofilPančićandGojkoBožović;from7–14Aprilamastercourseof

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violinwasheldundertheguidanceofprofessorStefanKamilarovfromtheUniversityofMusicalandStageArtinVienna;on26April,thefirstexhibitionofworksbystu-dentsoftheArtAcademy,createdintheclassesofprofessorRadaČupićaspartoftheVisualElementscoursewasheld;theseexhibitionshavesincethenbeenregularlyorganized(thecuratorofthefirstexhibitionwasMilanaKvas,thecuratoroftheexhi-bitionsfrom2002to2006wasMilicaOrlović,andin2007,AleksandraNećakov);thebeginningofcooperationwithdesignerAleksandraSavić;on14June,apresentationbySvetlanaVelmarJankovićopenedtheexhibitionentitledSava Šumanović – From the Drawing Towards the PaintingwithMilanaKvasasthecurator,whichwaslaterexhibitedintheSavaŠumanovićGalleryinŠid;on27September,RadoslavPetkovićopenedtheexhibitionentitledPainter Živko Petrović,basedontheAward-winninggraduationthesisbyJelenaPeraćfrom2000;inDecember,theexhibitionwasputondisplayinSpirta’sHouseinZemun,ontheoccasionofthe250thanniversaryoftheZe-munTownhall;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoGoranaJančić;on14December,anexhibitionoftheChildren’sVisualWorkshopwasorgan-ized,whichhasbeenledbyMilicaOrlovićsince2001;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbytheprovincialMinisterofeducationandculture,BunyikZoltán,theFinnishandDutchambassadors,theAustrianconsul,adelegationofsportworkersfromPor-tugal,culturalworkersfromHungary;thelibraryfundwasexpandedto524titles.

2002 On29January,LjubicaCucaSokićdonated15drawingstotheMemorialCollection;

on4February,thefoundingrightstoThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwerereturnedtotheAutonomousProvinceofVojvodinawhenalawwasadopteddetermin-ingcertainjurisdictionsoftheAPofVojvodina;on22August,theExecutiveCounciloftheAPVappointedJasnaJovanovascurator-manageroftheMemorialCollectionforafour-yeartermattherecommendationoftheExecutiveBoardoftheMemorialCollection;on19September,thegraduationthesis“PaintingoftheSerbianIntimistCircle”byGoranaJančić,whichwontheAwardin2001,waspublicisedthroughanexhibitionandacatalogue;LasloBlaškovićspokeattheopeningceremony;asmall-scaleexhibitionAn Homage to Bogdan Šuput,byJasnaJovanovaspartoftheNovi Sad For All SeasonsexhibitiondisplayedattheVANUGalleryandAn Homage to Milica ZorićbyDraganaBoškovićwereorganized;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyPrinceVladimirKarađorđević,theguestoftheNoviSadRotaryClub,andtheSwed-ishambassador;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwasclosedtothegeneralpublicfromAugust,duetothedamageontheexhibitedartworks;thereconstructionoftheexhibitingareaofthePavleBeljanskiMemorialbegan;ThePavleBeljanskiMe-morialCollectionAwardwasgiventoIvanDrpić.

2003 On6February,theexhibitionofpaintingsbyMarkoČelebonović,withIvanaSimeonović

Ćelić,whoopenedtheexhibition,andJasnaJovanovascurators,markedthecen-tenaryoftheartist’sbirth;foroutstandingresultsinorganizingmuseumactivitiesandherparticipationintheartisticlifeofNoviSad,JasnaJovanovwasawardedthe“TheSparkofCulture”PrizefromtheVojvodinaInstituteofCulture;on16April,anexhibitionofpaintings,drawingsandarchivematerials,accompaniedbyaspeechbyMiroVuksanović,markedtheonehundredthanniversaryofthebirthofpainterNedeljkoGvozdenović(curatorJasnaJovanov);onthe10June,theexhibitionentitledFrom Paris to Brašovan; the Architecture of Public Buildings in Novi Sad Between Two World Wars,byValentinaBrdar,wasopenedbyaspeechdeliveredbyRankoRadović;on19June,afterthepremiseswerereconstructedandtheexhibitsrestored(paint-ings,frames,furniture,books,tapestries),thePavleBeljanskiMemorialwasformallyopenedtopublic,markingtheanniversaryofPavleBeljanski’sbirthday;itwasdecidedtocelebratethisdateinthefuturewithaspecialexhibitionorprogram;PavleBeljan-ski’sdiplomaticuniformwasincludedintherevisedpermanentdisplayofthePavle

RankoRadović,JasnaJovanovandValentinaBrdarattheopeningoftheexhibition

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PavleBeljanski’sfamily:MilanIsakovićwithhiswifeIvanaStankovićIsaković(inthemiddle),

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BeljanskiMemorialforthefirsttime;on17August,VukašinMiškovićheldaclassi-calguitarconcert;theexhibitionofentriesforthecompetitionfortherestructuringoftheFutoškaMarketinNoviSad(from19–26September)andtheexhibitionofen-triesforthecompetitionfortherestructuringofthetree-nurseryfortheMunicipalGreen-AreaService(from25–30November)weresetuptogetherwiththeNoviSadAssociationofArchitects;on25September,theexhibitionPavle Beljanski’s Collec-tion Here and Abroad,whichwasconceivedbythecuratorMilicaOrlović,wasopenedbyByzantologistRadivojRadić;thegreenbeltaroundthebuildingwasrestored;theMemorialCollectionwasvisitedbyProf.NevenkaTadić,withfamilly,adelegationofFrencharchitects,Greekstudents;October–December:thechildren’sworkshopandanexhibitionentitledMosaics in The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection,withacatalogue,whichwasprintedforthiseventforthefirsttime;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoVladimirSimić;on11December,ŽivojinKuzmanovićheldaclassicalguitarconcert;on19December,thepaintingYoung Dip-lomatwasexhibitedattheexhibitionofartworksbyMarinoTartaglia,whichwasac-companiedbyamonograph,attheKlovićeviDvoriGalleryinZagreb;theexhibitionwaslaterputoninSplit.

2004 February:photographerDušanMilijićphotographedtheArtFundoftheMemorial

Collectionaspartofthepreparationsfortheneweditionofthemonograph;on26thFebruaryaconcertofthemusicalensemble“Serboplov”re-openedthepermanentdisplay,followingathree-monthpauseduetothereconstructionofelectricalwiringandpaintingthewalls;thefire-extinguishingsystemwasreplaced;themuseologicalprocessingoftheartcollectionfromtheDocumentaryFundbeganwiththecatalogueofthecollectionofgraphics;from18Marchto25April,aretrospectiveexhibitionofworksbyMilošGolubović,withŽanaGvozdenovićasthecurator,wastakenonloanfromtheBelgradeMuseumofContemporaryArt;from24Juneto31July,thefirstexhibitionofPetarLubarda’spaintingsinNoviSad,withMilanaKvasasthecurator,wasopenedbythepresentationofthebookofreviewsbyZoranMarkušentitledPas-sion and Suspicion,withtheparticipationofIvanaSimeonovićĆelić,LjiljanaĆinkulandJasnaJovanov;on7September:JasnaJovanov,thecurator-manageroftheMe-morialCollectiondefendedherdoctoralthesisentitled“TheCulturalandHistoricalFrameworkofStevanAleksić’sPainting”attheUniversityofNoviSad;on1October,RašaPopovopenedtheexhibitionentitledChildren’s Portraits in Serbian 19th Century Painting,whichwasorganizedaccordingtotheaward-winningprojectbyVladimirSimić;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoMilanProsen;on18November,theexhibitionentitledChildren’s Portraits in the Pavle Beljanski Memo-rial Collection(withJasnaJovanovandMilanaKvasascurators)wasopenedbyDušanĐurđev;on17December,theexhibitionofthevisualworkshopA Tale in Comic Stripswasopenedwithanaccompanyingcatalogue;beginningofcollaborationwithdesignerVladimirSvorcan;ontheoccasionofthepreparationoftheexhibitionabouttheartcollectorRichardLeDoux,theformerownerofthepaintingLa Grande IzabyVlahoBukovac,cooperationwiththeWalkerArtGalleryfromLiverpoolwasestablished;on23December,theendoftheyearwascelebratedbytheconcertperformanceofthepi-anopiece“VojvodinianImpressions”byAleksandarDujin.

2005 TheanniversaryofthedeathofpainterNadeždaPetrovićwasmarkedbyasmallexhi-

bitionofherworksandtheprintingofacommemorativeposter;from24Marchto8May,anexhibitionentitledDrawings and Graphic Art in the Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collectionwassetup,theauthorsofthecataloguewereJasnaJovanovandMilanaKvas,thecuratoroftheexhibitionwasMartaFeher;theexhibitionwasdisplayedinPančevoandinZrenjanin;on17May,ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwaspresentedattheKolaracUniversityinBelgrade;on18May,theMemorialCollectionreceived

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theprizeoftheSerbianMuseumAssociation“MihajloValtrović”foritsextraordinaryachievementsin2004,teamworkandsuccessfulmanagement;on19June,ontheoc-casionmarkingtheanniversaryofPavleBeljanski’sbirth,theexhibitionentitledDiplo-macy and Art,bythecuratorMilicaOrlović,wasopenedbyprofessorČedomirVasić;theMemorialCollectionwasclosedinNovemberduetothereconstructionoftheroof;ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoKatarinaMitrović;thevisualworkshopentitledCollage and a Few Other Things,withitsaccompanyingcatalogue,resultedinanexhibitionthefollowingyear(from17Februaryto12March);from1December2005to18thJanuary2006,anexhibitionofillustrationsanddraw-ingsbyLeposavaBelaSt.PavlovićentitledTo All Generations(theprefaceinthecata-loguewaswrittenbyLjubicaMiljković;thecuratoroftheexhibitionwasMartaFeher)tookplace;adigitalizedversionoftheMemorialCollectioncataloguewascompleted;duringtheyear,theMusicalYouthofNoviSadheldseveralconcertsintheacousticsurroundingsoftheexhibitingareaoftheMemorialCollection:theduo“Uniko”(17February),themostsuccessfulstudentsofthepianodepartmentofthe“IsidorBajić”SchoolofMusic(17March),aconcertfromtheYouthPodiumcycle(26May)andthestringquartetofstudentsoftheNoviSadArtAcademy(23June).

2006 From22Januaryto13February,asmallexhibitionwasheldmarkingthe110thanni-

versaryofthebirthofSavaŠumanović;on26April,anexhibitionofthirtyMexicanfemaleartistsentitledA Homage to Frida KahlowasopenedintheMemorialCollec-tion,asconceivedbyGladysVillegasMorales,whospokeattheopening;theMemo-rialCollectionwastheco-publisherofthemonographaboutsculptorRistoStijović;JasnaJovanovwastheredactorofKatarinaAmbrozić’stext;on15June,apianocon-certbyMiroslavPopovićwasheld,organizedbytheNoviSadArtAcademy;22June,theexhibitionofpaintingsbyŽivkoStojsavljević,accompaniedbyamonograph(au-thorKonstantinNovaković),wasopenedbyRaduleBošković;21September:thefirstmonographexhibitionofsculpturesbyRistoStijovićinNoviSad(withJasnaJovanovasthechiefcurator,thecuratoroftheexhibitionwasMartaFeher)wasopenedbyVidaOgnjenovićwiththepresentationofKatarinaAmbrozić’smonograph;ThePavleBel-janskiMemorialCollectionAwardwasgiventoIgorBorozan;on23November,theexhibitionMilan Konjović: the Fourth Decade(JasnaJovanovwasthechiefcuratoroftheexhibitionandtheauthorofthecatalogue,thecuratoroftheexhibitionwasMar-taFeher)wasopenedbywriterLjiljanaJokićKasparandthemanagerofthe“MilanKonjović”GalleryinSombor,IrmaLang;from18December2006to20January2007,theexhibitionofMilanKonjovićwasondisplayinZrenjanin;JasnaJovanov,IrmaLangandtheMayorofZrenjanin,GoranKneževićspokeattheopeningceremony;from16December2006to20January2007:anexhibitionoftheVisualArtsWorkshopenti-tledA Dot by the Cat,thecuratorwasAleksandraNećakov;thepreparationsforthenewmonographoftheMemorialCollectionwereintensified;VeljkoDamjanovićwashiredtodothedesignofthemonograph;thecatalogueofThePavleBeljanskiMemo-rialCollection,The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection – Art as LifeinEnglishwaspublished;theanti-theftandthesystemofvideosurveillancewereintroduced.

2007 On12January,followingtheproposalbytheManagingBoardoftheMemorialCol-

lection,theExecutiveCounciloftheAPVpassedthedecisionbywhichJasnaJovanov,arthistorianwasnominatedagainforthepositionofcurator–manager;from30Jan-uary–22FebruarytheexhibitionMilan Konjović: the Fourth Decadewaspresent-edintheNationalMuseuminŠabacandlateronintheMilanKonjovićGalleryinSombor(12April–17June)–JasnaJovanovmadetheopeningremarks;atthetradi-tionalannualshowofcalendars,heldon1February,thesmallcalendar/matprintedasanelementofthepromotionalmaterialfortheexhibitionofChildren’sVisualArtWorkshop(design:TamaraPopović)wonthefirstprizeinthecategoryofsmallcal-

ZoranHamovićandSvetislavJovanovatthegrandopeningofthePavleBeljanskiMemorial(19June2003)

ČedomirVasićaddressingtheaudienceattheopeningoftheexhibitionDiplomacy and Art(16June2005)

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endars;thestaffoftheMemorialCollectionnumberssixteenpermanentemployeesandthreevolunteers;1–25April,theexhibitionDrawings and Prints from The Pavle Beljanski Memorial CollectionwaspresentedinGornjiMilanovac;theopeningre-marksweredeliveredbyJasnaJovanov;on28April,attheInternationalTouristFair(Belgrade,26–29April)ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionreceivedthe“FlowerofTourism”recognitionawardedbytheTouristOrganizationofSerbia;therecogni-tionwasreceivedfortheactivitiesin2006inthecategoryCulturalHeritageasTour-istAttraction;aspecialexhibitionMuseum Night in Paris: Thierry Nectouxwasor-ganizedforthe19MayfirstMuseumNightinNoviSad;therewere4,200visitorsandtheMemorialCollectionwasthesecondmostfrequentedoftheseventeenlocationsinthecity;5July–16September–theexhibitionandcatalogueVisual Arts Collec-tion: from a Badge to a Monumental CanvaspreparedbyMartaFeherconcludedtheprojectofprocessingandpresentationoftheDocumentaryFundartcollection,be-gunin2004bytheexhibitionandcatalogueDrawings and Prints from The Pavle Bel-janski Memorial Collection,openedbysculptorNikolaMilunović;on21September,theexhibitionDanica Jovanović: Passionately in Love with Painting(chiefcuratoroftheexhibitionandauthorofthecatalogueJasnaJovanov,curatorMartaFeher)wasopenedbyVladislavaGordićPetković,literarytheorist;on3October2007theExec-utiveCounciloftheAPVgaveitsconsentfortheimplementationofthenewStatuteofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection;withthenewregulations,themuseumwasorganizedintwodepartments:theMuseologicalDepartmentandtheGeneralAffairsDepartment;TheMemorialCollectionannualprizewasawardedtoDraganaGarić;themonographstudyonDanicaJovanović,painter,writtenbyJasnaJovanov,waspresentedon22NovemberbyMilankaTodić,VladislavaGordićPetkovićandŽivomirŽivković,editorinchiefofthepublishinghouseTOPYfromBelgrade;theexhibitionoftheVisualArtsWorkshopPetar Lubarda as Seen by Children: from Re-alism towards Abstraction,conceivedbyAleksandraNećakovandheldfrom22De-cember2007to3February2008,wasopenedbyTijanaPalkovljević,AssistantMan-ageroftheGalleryofMaticaSrpska;RegionalSecretaryforEducationandCulture,JegesZoltán,andGyarmatiZoltán,RegionalSecretaryforEnvironmentalProtectionandSustainableDevelopmentvisitedtheMemorialCollection;amongothervisitorswerearthistorystudentsfromZagreb,participantsintheInternationalSymposium“RestorationoftheCulturalandArchitecturalHeritage–Aspects,Examples,Les-sons“,thenparticipantsintheInternationalArtistsColony“Terra”fromKikinda,VeraDorner,sisterofPetarLubarda,withherdaughterGinaLazarandnephewĐuroLu-barda;newdoorswereinstalledatthemainentranceandonthecourtyardsideofthebuilding,alsonewrunnerswereplacedintheattic,andtheglassplatesintheceilingovertheexhibitionspacewerereplacedbynew,modernlexanplates;thecatalogueofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionwaspublishedintheSerbianlanguageunderthetitleThePavle Beljanski Memorial Collection – a Life Devoted to Art.

2008 From8to27FebruarytheexhibitionDanica Jovanović: Passionately in Love with

PaintingwasheldintheVojnovićHouse,theCulturalCentreofInđija,andfrom18to28MarchintheCulturalCentre“VukKaradžić”inLoznica,withapresentationofthemonographstudyonthisartist;OliveraStojadinovićpreparedaspecialcom-puterfontforThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionlogoaftertheoriginaldesignbyNebojšaMitrić,sculptor;from29Februaryto2MarchtheMemorialCollectionhostedtheSecondClassicalGuitarFestival;on17MarchthemonographstudyDani-ca Jovanović: Passionately in Love with Painting waspresentedintheCityLibraryofBelgrade;thepresenterswereSimonaČupić,DocentattheArtHistoryDepartmentoftheFacultyofPhilosophyinBelgrade,TijanaPalkovljevićandŽivomirŽivković;on20MarchtheMemorialCollectionhostedtherecitalcycleFrom Classical Music to ChansonswithoperasingersSanelaMitrovićandJaroslavaBenkaVlček,withac-companimentofTamaraJovićevićandMiroslavIvančević;on27MarchThePavle

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BeljanskiMemorialCollectionreceivedthe“SparkofCulture”awardfromtheCul-turalInstituteofVojvodinaforitsgalleryactivitiesin2007;thenewcatalogueoftheMemorialCollectionintheSerbianlanguagewaspresentedon9Maywiththefol-lowingpresenters:SašaBrajović,DocentattheArtHistoryDepartmentoftheFac-ultyofPhilosophyinBelgrade,TeofilPančić,journalistandJasnaJovanov;theexhi-bitionAwakening of Emotions: Photographs by Stefan Lupino,organizedon19MayfortheMuseumNightwasseenby6000visitors;on19MaytheNationalCommitteeofICOMforSerbiaawardedJasnaJovanovwiththeCurator of the YearrecognitionfortheexhibitionDanica Jovanović: Passionately in Love with Painting;on6JuneJa-snaJovanovgavealectureonThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionintheCityLibraryofBelgrade,withvideopresentationoftheartcollection;thesystemofvid-eosurveillanceandfireprotectionwasextendedtotheouterpartsofthebuilding;from19Juneto27JulytheexhibitionPeđa Milosavljević – Mythologies (curatoroftheshowandauthorofthecatalogue,ZdravkoVučinić,curatoroftheexhibitionMilicaOrlovićČobanov)wasorganizedincooperationwiththeCommercialGallery“Bel-grade“;theexhibitionwasopenedbyDraganVelikić,writer;from28Juneto5July,theexhibitionMuseum Night in Paris: Thierry NectouxwasopenedbyMilanaKvasinLazarevac,asaneventofthe“DaysofFrench–SerbianFriendship”;theMemorialCollectionnowhasastaffofeighteenemployees;from12Septemberto5OctobertheMemorialCollectionhostedtheexhibitionMovement in Sculpture/Sculpture in Movement asoneoftheeventsofthe“MuseumontheMove”projectoftheMuseumofContemporaryArtinBelgrade(curatorwasRajkaBošković,oftheexhibitionMartaĐarmati);incooperationwiththeGalleryofMaticaSrpska,whichhadtakenovertheexhibitionThe City: Chronicles of Urban SpacefromthesameprojectoftheMuseumofContemporaryArt,therewasajointopeningoftheshowswiththefollowingpar-ticipants:JasnaJovanov,BrankaKulić(ManageroftheGalleryofMaticaSrpska)andBranislavaAnđelkovićDimitrijević(ManageroftheMuseumofContemporaryArt);acataloguewaspublishedontheoccasionofthefortiethanniversaryofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAward,andtheprizefor2008wasawardedtoMio-dragDanilović;thefollowingpersonalitiesvisitedtheMemorialCollection:KrinkaVidakovićPetrovandĐinaLazar(PetarLubardaFund),professorsandstudentsoftheArtandConservationAcademyoftheSerbianOrthodoxChurchfromBelgrade,then,FrenchandGermanRotarianswithguests,HoseAntonioFernandoEsquivelMartinez(AdvisertotheMexicanConsulforBosniaandHerzegovina,Macedonia,MontenegroandSerbia),BritishpainterBarryWatkins,MiloradĐurić(RegionalSec-retaryofthenewlyestablishedSecretariatforCulture),Dr.ToshinoIguchi,ProfessorofArtHistoryattheSayatamaUniversityinJapan.

ThierryNectoux,MuseumnightinThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection(19May2007)

VladislavaGordićPetkovićopeningtheexhibitionofpainterDanicaJovanović(20September2007)

JoséAntonioFernandoEsquivelMartínezinthegardenofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection(19June2008)

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1.PavleBeljanski,graduationphoto(Belgrade,3June1910)2.PavleBeljanskiwelcomingthefirstTurkishAmbassadorSadiKavuratBelgradeairport.3.EvaSámanodeLópezMateos,JovankaBrozandVeraJovanović(ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection,31March1963)

4.RadomirRadujkov,MaricaŠuput,LeposavaJankovićandVojislavKorać,ThepresentationofThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollectionAward(24November1968)

5.IvanĐorđevićandVesnaJovanovićTodorović,thewinneroftheAward(2December1969)6.PrinceCharlesinThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection(27October1978)7.PrinceVladimirKarađorđevićandJasnaJovanov(ThePavleBeljanskiMemorialCollection,22October2002)