Affan Ramić

(Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1932 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015)

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1957.

Growing up in Mostar marked the artistic path of Affan Ramić. Although the nature, usually the landscape of Herzegovina, represents Ramić’s constant inspiration, it is presented through the experience of contemporary art and enriched by personal experiences, while being set away from figuration. The motives and visions are shaped by thick layers of paint and vigorous brush strokes, characteristic for his painting. A lot of Ramić’s artworks were destroyed or have disappeared during the war period (1992-1996). It is by intervention and application of destruction remains (charred and broken objects) that the artist transforms his war experience into a painting. Immediately after the war, Ramić returns to what is closest to him, motives of Herzegovina.

He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Sixth of April Award for painting and the prize on the occasion of 30 years of the Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUBiH) for the development of visual arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1976. In the seventies he was the president of ULUBiH and the Association of Artists of Yugoslavia. He became a regular member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005.