Petar Lubarda (1907-1974) began his studies in 1925 at art school inBelgrade, but in 1926 he left for Paris where he occasionally participated in joint exhibitions. He had his first solo exhibition in Rome in 1929. In 1937 he took part in an international exhibition in Paris and won the GrandPrix, and in 1940 won first prize at an international exhibition in The Haag.

The years spent in a concentration camp left their mark on Lubarda. Montenegro was his constant inspiration, expressed through a very distinctive atmosphere and motif, as depicted in a scene of the film "Dust" by Milco Mancevski as a tribute to Lubarda. Lubarda took part in the founding of the first art school in Montenegro, where he was one of the first teachers. In 1951 he opened a historic exhibition in Belgrade where he broke with socialist realism.


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