Uros Predic's Studio, Protected cultural monument in Stari Grad, Belgrade, Serbia.
Uroš Predić's Studio is a one-storey house at 27 Svetogorska Street in Belgrade, built in 1908 to a design by architect Nikola Nestorović. Its street façade carries grape-vine friezes and floral wreaths around medallions in the Vienna Secession style. The atelier itself, added on the courtyard side, measures 40 m², is 4 m tall and has a front wall of glass.
The house was finished in 1908 for the merchant Josif Predić, designed by architect Nikola Nestorović. His brother Uroš Predić, a Serbian Realist painter, moved in from Orlovat in 1909 and used the yard-side studio until his death in the house on 11 February 1953. After him, painter Miodrag B. Protić rented it from 1954 to 1957, and Stojan Ćelić bought it with his 1958 October Award prize money.
After Predić's death, the studio passed to painter Miodrag B. Protić, a representative of abstract art, so abstraction briefly inherited realism in the same room. Painter Stojan Ćelić then bought the house with his 1958 October Award prize money and added a toilet and kitchenette. The atelier was such a popular meeting place that Ćelić set aside two days a week for guests.
The location sits in the Old Town district of Stari Grad surrounded by other historical structures, making the area worthwhile to explore. The exterior of the building is clearly visible from the street, allowing visitors to appreciate the architecture without special access.
The studio was a gift from Josif Predić to his brother Uroš, built above Uroš's apartment and connected by a spiral staircase. The painter's entry from the courtyard is plain, contrasting with the ornamented street façade. Until the late 1950s, the view from the house reached the Danube and the Banat plain.
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