Paja Jovanović

(1859-1957)

Serbian painter

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Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Јовановић; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: The Wounded Montenegrin (1882), Decorating of the Bride (1886) and Migration of the Serbs (1896). Paja was also the premier portraitist of Europe after 1905, he painted the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria over 14 times, he painted royalty, major industrialists, scientists, bankers, oil barons and monopolists, including certain heirs to the Standard Oil fortune in the United States of America. He was a very sought after portraitist world-wide, this made him incredibly wealthy in his lifetime. Many European and international museums carry his works, signed under various names including: Paul Joanowitch in the National Gallery of Victoria and also two portraits in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Paul Joanowits, Paul Ivanovitch, Paul Joanovitch, Paul Joanovitsch, P. Joanowitsch and others.

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Born	16 June 1859 Vršac, Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, Austrian Empire
Died	30 November 1957 (aged 98) Vienna, Republic of Austria
Zodiac	Gemini
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