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Rade Tovladijac

Summary

Rade Tovladijac (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Товладијац, born 1 August 1961) is a Serbian fantasy and comic book artist, illustrator, painter and architect. He lives in Belgrade.

Rade Tovladijac
BornRade Tovladijac
(1961-08-01) 1 August 1961 (age 62)
Ulcinj, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Area(s)Artist; Writer; Architect
Notable works
illustrations for The Phantom, Modesty Blaise, James Bond, Batman

Biography edit

He was born in Ulcinj, Yugoslavia (in Montenegro), and grew up in Čačak (in Serbia). He obtained his degree at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with project "Celestial City – Orbital Station in Lagrange stationary point – L5."[1]

He debuted in Yugoslav comics industry in 1983, as member of "Bauhaus 7" art group, together with Zoran Tucić, Vujadin Radovanović and Saša Živković.[2][3]

Tovladijac is especially known for his painted covers for popular Yugoslav magazines Gigant, Horor, Tajne,[4] featuring The Phantom, Modesty Blaise, James Bond, Batman and other popular characters.[5]

Among his main comics series are "Ljudi za zvezde" written by Aleksandar Timotijević (Sci-Fi, in YU strip magazine) and "Smešna strana srpske stvarnosti" written by Mihailo Medenica (satirical Saturday page in Press daily, Belgrade).[6]

He has exhibited in group exhibitions in the former Yugoslavia, the UK, Greece and Hungary.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Rade Tovladijac, biography, Studio S. O. K. O., Belgrade (Serbian)
  2. ^ Katalog izložbe „Sledeća čovekova granica: 30 godina umetničke grupe Bauhaus 7“, Udruženje stripskih umetnika Srbije i Jugoslovenska kinoteka, Belgrade, October 2011. (Serbian)
  3. ^ Zoran Stefanović. "Kosmičko jaje ili kamen fraktalnog svemira", afterword for collection Niti snova o moći (i druge priče), by Zoran Tucić, Ljuan Koka and Rade Tovladijac, Novi Sad, 2010. (Serbian)
  4. ^ a b Slobodan Ivkov: "Rade Tovladijac" in: 60 godina domaćeg stripa u Srbiji (1935–1995), Galerija "Likovni susret", Subotica, 1995. E-izdanje: Projekat Rastko (Serbian)
  5. ^ Official website
  6. ^ Zoran Stefanović. Samo satira Srbina spasava: O srpskom političkom stripu povodom serijala “Smešna strana srpske stvarnosti”, from exhibition catalogue, Kragujevac, 2012. (Serbian)

External links edit

  • Tovladijac's "Betterfly Studio", official website, Belgrade