Transfiguration of the Lord, 1994
Ressurection of the Lord, 1995
Ascension of the Lord, 1995
Descent of the Holy Spirit, 1995
(unfinished, last work)
Regarding the last works of Ilija Vitolić, in the afterword of the
monograph, the Serbian art historian Nikola Kusovac remarks:
“All of the values, all of the efforts of his enduring, difficult and
often uncertain struggle of the spirit with the matter, which he
had previously tested in his creative practice both as a sculptor
and as a painter, mostly in his free time and following some
inner, known only to him, need to leave a trace of his exist
ence, are crystallized in those paintings. The drawing upon
whose values - geometrically solid and reduced to its core
structure - he built the expressive appearances of his paintings
and sculptures during the last ten or more years of his life
finally reached its complete and decisive importance for the
whole opus of his artistic achievement.
One thing is definite, if Ilija Vitolić, as an artist, left behind
nothing but the four depictions of the great holy days that he
painted to decorate his chapel, sanctified by his own dedicated
creative work and with his own heartfelt prayers, it would be
more than enough to conclude that he had succeeded, that he
had truly left behind an indelible sign of his earthly existence.”
monograph, the Serbian art historian Nikola Kusovac remarks:
“All of the values, all of the efforts of his enduring, difficult and
often uncertain struggle of the spirit with the matter, which he
had previously tested in his creative practice both as a sculptor
and as a painter, mostly in his free time and following some
inner, known only to him, need to leave a trace of his exist
ence, are crystallized in those paintings. The drawing upon
whose values - geometrically solid and reduced to its core
structure - he built the expressive appearances of his paintings
and sculptures during the last ten or more years of his life
finally reached its complete and decisive importance for the
whole opus of his artistic achievement.
One thing is definite, if Ilija Vitolić, as an artist, left behind
nothing but the four depictions of the great holy days that he
painted to decorate his chapel, sanctified by his own dedicated
creative work and with his own heartfelt prayers, it would be
more than enough to conclude that he had succeeded, that he
had truly left behind an indelible sign of his earthly existence.”
1994 / 1995
Christian
Holy Days
mixed technique
on blockboard
102 x 96,5 x 1,3 cm
ILIJA VITOLIĆ
1930 - 1996
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,
,
Bildhauer und Maler Vajar i slikar Sculptor and painter
