Ana Milodanović

Ana Milodanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Милодановић; 18 May 1926 – 20 July 2011) was a Serbian straw artist, or slamarka, of Bunjevka descent. She was the first artist to take the traditional folk art celebrating the harvest festival and turn it into two-dimensional pictures. As the first straw artist to join the Artist's Colony formed by the "Group of Six", she won acclaim with her picture Rit in 1962. Her works have been exhibited in over 100 group and solo showings. She has pieces held by several religious organizations and she was featured as one of the artists in a documentary about the craft in 2012.