July 12 – August 6, 2018
Sometimes one painting, bought or received as a gift, is enough to create the passion and desire to acquire one more, and another one and another one… until the physical capacities of the space are exceeded and a man can proudly call himself a collector. With the acquisition of one painting started the collecting journey of Mirko Komosar, a man who, until the middle of the 20th century, built one of the most impressive private collections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with love and wish to make it accessible to everyone.
In 1971, before the end of Komosar’s life, the collection was bought for the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The collection consisting of 250 works of art, paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, by mostly Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Yugoslav artist, and few foreign and unknown artists, was transferred to the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1983. The collection was documented, and since then the works from the Mirko Komosar Collection were presented at numerous exhibitions and publications of the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other institutions from the neighboring countries. This is the first time that the Mirko Komosar Collection is presented to the public.
Mirko Komosar
Mirko Komosar (Prijedor, BiH, 1894 – Sarajevo, BiH, 1973) gained his education in Jasenovac, Zagreb and Graz, where he graduated dental school. After he finished his studies, he moved to Sarajevo and opened a private dental practice. He soon began collecting works of art for his private collection, exhibiting them in the space of the practice. Although his patients could enjoy this treasure, Komosar wanted to share it with all art lovers. That is why, in Marshal Tito Street 34, on July 16, 1950 he opened the first private art gallery in Sarajevo.
Artists:
Grga Antunac
Stojan Aralica
Fuad Arifhožić
Ljubo Babić
Husko Balić
Berta Baruh-Kamhi
Vladimir Becić
Stanislav Beložanski
Dobrivoje Beljkašić
Adela Ber-Vukić
Jovan Bijelić
Špiro Bocarić
Milivoje Bokić
Vlaho Bukovac
Bruno Bulić
Joso Bužan
Bela Čikoš Sesija
Milorad Ćorović
Marijan Detoni
Vojo Dimitrijević
Petar Dobrović
Ivan Domac
Lazar Drljača
Nevenka Đorđević-Tomašević
Emerik Feješ
Robert Frangeš Mihanović
Predrag Furtula
Vilko Gecan
Ivan Generalić
Vinko Grdan
Pierre Grimm
Kosta Hakman
Willy Hempel
Oskar Herman
Đuro Hondrey
Jože Ipavec
Oton Iveković
Viktor Jagš
Todor Janković
Helena Janjuš-Sivč
Vasilije Jordan
Paja Jovanović
Gabrijel Jurkić
Menci Klement Crnčić
Bartolomeo Knopfmacher
Ante Kostović
Ferdo Kovačević
Tone Kralj
Miroslav Kraljević
Hugo Krayn
Tomislav Krizman
Anka Krizmanić
Milivoje Krstić
Izidor Kršnjavi
Mihovil Krušlin
Arpad Kubaš
Hakija Kulenović
Lujza Kuzmić-Mijić
Ljubo Lah
Mihajlo Lazarević
Franjo Likar
Ipolit Majkovski
Vlado Marjanović
Krešo Mateljan
Đoko Mazalić
Mato Celestin Medović
Antun Mezdjić
Karlo Mijić
Mario Mikulić
Jerolim Miše
Radenko Mišević
Omer Mujadžić
Ismet Mujezinović
Nada Novaković
Vlado Novosel
Petar Palavičini
Pavao Perić
Roman Petrović
Zora pl. Preradović
Atanasije Popović
Savo Popović-Ivanov
Josip Račić
Mirko Rački
Ivan Radović
Dunav Rendić
Ivo Režek
Ismet Rizvić
Vjekoslav Rukljač
Branko Subotić
Miljenko Stančić
Sigo Sumereker
Petar Šain
Vilko Šeferov
Ivo Šeremet
Ljudevit Šestić
Viktor Šipek
Branko Šotra
Rizah Štetić
Zlatko Šulentić
Todor Švrakić
Petar Tiješić
Đuro Tiljak
Mihajlo Timčišin
Petar Timčišin
Mica Todorović
Marijan Trepše
Nina Petrovna Tumina
Jozo Turkalj
Milivoj Uzelac
Milan Vasiljević
Emanuel Vidović
Savo Vujović
Mladen Vukić
Hans Witt