Jovan Pešić

Jovan Pešić[1] (24 October 1866 in Bukovac, Austrian Empire - 4 January 1936 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was a Serbian warrior artist who fought for the liberation of Old Serbia and Macedonia at the turn of the 20th century (1903-1908),[2] and later in the Great War.

[1] He was a self-taught artist when he first started to study art, sculpture and photography in a craft shop in Novi Sad.

Caricatures by Pešić were published in numerous newspapers and popular magazines like Vrača pogačaču, Zvono, and Bosnia and Balkans.

[9] In the art of sculpture, he performed several realistic portraitures of famous historical figures, including poet Vojislav Ilić in 1903.

[10] Since he spent most of his life in semi-seclusion and without sufficient orders for sculpting work, he was forced to devote himself to draw caricatures, which he published in various newspapers and comic books.